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Derek Jacobi

"Sir Larry could be very strict and a disciplinarian, too. He had many faces; he wore many hats. But, ultimately, he loved the theater and he loved actors."

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"Sir Larry could be very strict and a disciplinarian, too. He had many faces; he wore many hats. But, ultimately, he loved the theater and he loved actors."

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Donna Grant

"My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor, or producer."

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Donna Grant

"I don't think I would be an actor if I was that intelligent."

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Donna Grant

"I was convinced there as only one actor to play Templeton the Rat, and that was Tony Randall."

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Donna Grant

"A lot of actors don't like to see how they've done every day."

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Donna Grant

"It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor."

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Donna Grant

"Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely."

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Donna Grant

"Being a film actor is very different from a theatre actor."

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Donna Grant

"The great actors we had came from the actor-manager theaters. Not only did they create a team, they were the generals working with the soldiers."

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Donna Grant

"An actor is a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, he ain't listening."

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Donna Grant

"Every actor I think has got their own number of takes that they like, you know. Some actors like to go all day, you know on the one scene and some actors want to take two takes. I personally like four."

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Derek Jacobi
"It's too hard a life for me. I could only do it - check out in that sense - if I checked out somewhere that was luxurious and within hailing distance of civilization."

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Derek Jacobi
"Ultimately it's a leap of faith and a leap of imagination to put yourself back in time into those conditions and situations and see how you would react."

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Derek Jacobi
"I am an actor and I live in the world of pretend in my working capacity. I live in the world of my imagination."

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Derek Jacobi
"One of the last episodes was all about a flood. We were working in the rain till all hours, and it was muddy and it was cold and it was damp, and it was hours under the hoses. That was not pleasant. That was not pleasant."

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Derek Jacobi
"I think actors always retain one foot in the cradle. We're switched on to our youth, to our childhood. We have to be because we're in the business of transferring emotions to other people."

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Derek Jacobi
"He was somebody who made me think, I suppose, about the contemplative life. I've always been a city fellow, but I've often had vague thoughts about 'checking out' and perhaps going into a monastery and just seeing what it was like."

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Derek Jacobi
"I shall miss all the people in it and the great fun we had doing it. I enjoyed playing the character very much. It was a very, very special character and a very special series. And the camaraderie of it all. I loved it."

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Derek Jacobi
"There's never been any game plan or thread through my career. It's just happened that I've ricocheted from one interesting character to another."

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Derek Jacobi
"My first course came and I put down my book, and I just happened to put up my hand to scratch my head and discovered that my toupee had been blown by the wind and was folded over backwards on the top of my head!"

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Derek Jacobi
"They were totally supportive, always saw everything I did. One of the thrills of my life was when they went to the theater to see something that I wasn't in. It opened doors for them that otherwise would have been totally closed."

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