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"A lot of parents tell their children that if they want to be an actor, that's fine, but they should do something else first, so they've got something to fall back on. It doesn't work like that, as far as I'm concerned."
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"That most limited of all specialists, the "well-rounded man"."
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"The world system is employment."
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"A butler supplies food to nourish your body, but a writer nourishes your mind through writing."
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"Do not be weary to make money."
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"My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you'll get a different answer."
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"Employers are at their happiest on Mondays. Employees are at their happiest on Fridays."
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"Work was intended not to give a man a reason to live, but rather to give him a means to live."
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"Be robust enough to work more than a robot!"
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"Being happy at work is possible for all of us, anytime & anywhere, with open eyes and a caring heart."
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"Back then, work revolved around life. Today, life revolves around work."
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"It's important, that spirit of youth, and when you're 16 that can get you kickstarted."
Spirit
"Then I left school at 16 and worked in Perth Repertory Theatre, which was quite nearby where I lived. And I worked there for about six or seven months, as part of the stage crew."
Months
"If you're suddenly doing something you don't want to do for four years, just so you've got something to fall back on, by the time you come out you don't have that 16-year-old drive any more and you'll spend your life doing something you never wanted to do in the first place."
Life
"I got married because I fell in love with this woman. I had a baby with her because we wanted to have children. But that's not because of some philosophical ideal at all, no."
Love
"Ultimately, you have to not worry about people thinking you should have played him differently. You're the one playing the part so it has to be yours."
People
"I was nine years old when I made up my mind that that was what I definitely wanted to do."
Mind
"I never imagined it wouldn't work out for me. I had that absolute certainty in myself that has seen me through, I think, and my parents were absolutely behind me all the way."
Work
"I left halfway through my third year to start Lipstick On Your Collar, which was the first thing I ever did."
First
"From there I did a one year theatre acting course in Fife, and then three years of drama school in London."
Acting
"I love acting and don't find it to be very hard. I recognize when I've nailed it, and I can be very proud of myself."
Love
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