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"Consistency is very important when you're making films."
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"If I'm interrupted, it's just a minor inconvenience, but not a disaster, because it's easy to get back where I was: that is, the paint has not changed consistency; the light has not moved."

"Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers, which are always repulsed by the anvil."

"Touch your goals everyday which entails carrying out a part of the plan to reach your goals within the time limit you have set."

"Consistency, madam, is the first of Christian duties."

"Let there be consistency in whatever you do and whatever you say. If what you think and say is mismatching with what you do, you can't really be trusted."

"Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines."

"I pray to be like the ocean, with soft currents, maybe waves at times. More and more, I want the consistency rather than the highs and the lows."

"Good acting is consistency of performance."

"I like consistency. If you've had a childhood like mine, you want some things you can rely on to stay the same."
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"It was a scene I was really looking forward to, and one that I embraced, and when we were filming it, George got closer and closer and closer with that camera - he was practically up my nose for the final shot. So I knew it was a moment that I had to do my best to get right."

"When George asked me to be the prequels, it was the same kind of meeting - it was very short and to the point. It was nice to see him after a long time, and we met in a hotel room."

"To start your life as a character of 120 years when you are in your late thirties, and then go back in time about 20 years later to play the same character who is your own age then, its very complicated, but very interesting."

"For me it's even more interesting, because my character comes out of the shadow. It's a chance to really act emotionally, because the situation is an extreme one."

"But he did say that the character would be on the sidelines in movies One and Two, and move into the middle with number Three, but I didn't realize he would move in with quite such a bang."

"There were a number of people who helped me get there, and the one I always mention is Michael Byrne, the great master swordsman and brilliant stunt double."

"I suppose it's easy to play a hypocritical politician with a smiling face; it's also quite gratifying to play."
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