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"You have to pretend to live in those clothes that they lived in, to live within the climate that they had then. You have to imagine with the help, obviously, of all the other technicians that are around - the writer, the director, the other actors."
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"I am an actor and I live in the world of pretend in my working capacity. I live in the world of my imagination."
Imagination
"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."
Life
"I would like to be as fit as I've always been. I've been blessed with good health, I've been blessed with stamina. Particularly for those great classical roles, you need an Olympian stamina. I, fortunately, have that."
Health
"We started filming in 1993 which was only four years after the fall of communism. The difference in Budapest over the last five years has been remarkable."
Communism
"I thought it was getting better and better, because the production values were increasing each time we did it."
Time
"You have to get through the Hamlet hoop as a young actor. Your classical qualifications are based on the quality of your Hamlet. And then, as an older actor, you have to get through the Lear hoop. And I'm approaching the Lear hoop."
Quality
"It was doing very well; it was doing particularly well outside of England. It was a very big seller for Carlton Television. But it was getting more and more expensive to do."
England
"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."
Actor
"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."
Life
"Ellis Peters's historical detail is very accurate and very minute, and therefore is not only interesting to read but good for an actor to acquire a sense of the period. And the other thing I think is that an actor lives in the land of imagination."
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"Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely."
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"Once you've gotten the job, there's nothing to it. If you're an actor, you're an actor. Doing it is not the hard part. The hard part is getting to do it."
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"My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor, or producer."
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"Being a film actor is very different from a theatre actor."
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"I don't have any particular excitement about working with any specific director or actor at this point."
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"It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor."
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"Generally speaking, actors are allowed NO input. Actors are dumb."
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"I am still seeking to become firmly established as an actor."
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"You know, whatever happens between the two of us that's created when we come together as actors is not something I think we can explain."
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"Some of the best actors in the world are very exterior actors, Anthony Hopkins being one of them. He knows exactly how to turn his face to get a certain expression. He knows exactly what to do with eyes, and with his voice. It's very exterior."
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