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Ian McDiarmid

"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."

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"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."

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"Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it along into old age."

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"To come across as younger than they are: Women buy creams that promise to slow aging, men buy fast cars."

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"A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age."

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"The '80s were about trying to establish myself as an actor with a career. And being a teenager enjoying the fruits of being successful with lots of what I think is appropriate for that age."

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"I read the Life magazine articles about free love and free dope in California. At age 20 I drove to Los Angeles."

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"If the nineteenth century was the age of the editorial chair, ours is the century of the psychiatrist's couch."

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"You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real."

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"A woman telling her true age is like a buyer confiding his final price to an Armenian rug dealer."

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"49 and holding. Holding tight! Fighting that heinous age every step of the way."

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"The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth."

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Ian McDiarmid
"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."

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Ian McDiarmid
"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."

Age

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Ian McDiarmid
"And also, it's sort of my job to make you believe things about him that aren't true about me."

Job

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Ian McDiarmid
"That's the mark of a great storyteller, never to give away secrets in advance."

Secrets

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Ian McDiarmid
"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."

Right

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

Play

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Ian McDiarmid
"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."

People

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Ian McDiarmid
"Consistency is very important when you're making films."

Consistency

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Ian McDiarmid
"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."

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Ian McDiarmid
"If you got the DVD you can see that George Lucas has taken that person out, as well as the voice, and we shot this scene when we arrived in Australia during the actual filming of Episode 3."

Voice

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