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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."

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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."

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Donna Grant

"Even though you are on the right track - you will get run over if you just sit there."

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Donna Grant

"When I sing, trouble can sit right on my shoulder and I don't even notice."

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Donna Grant

"It's so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right."

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Donna Grant

"He must not laugh at his own wheeze: a snuff box has no right to sneeze."

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Donna Grant

"Your gut is always right."

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Donna Grant

"You see, I was born in the slums, that was before the ghetto. The ghetto was kind of refined; the slums was right there on the ground."

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Donna Grant

"I grew up in Danville, Illinois, right in the middle of the state."

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Donna Grant

"You can be arrested and not charged. You can be arrested and have no right to counsel."

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Donna Grant

"If I feel the part is right, and I know that the producers and the director want me, I'd go for broke. Always."

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Donna Grant

"Any professional knows that the flute and the piano is a boring combination. All you've got to arrive at is a kind of typical gestural crap, right? You might agree, though you wouldn't call it gestural crap."

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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."

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Ian McDiarmid
"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."

Time

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

Consistency

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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."

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

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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."

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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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