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"I always think 12 times before saying anything."
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"I see some some of these other guys, and they're wearing the hats and the jackets and saying the words and they're relating and they're picking. But there's something missing."
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"Poe's saying that a long poem is a sequence of short ones is perfectly just."
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"A win for one is a win for all - and I'm not just saying that because Dumas did."
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"My list of things I never pictured myself saying when I pictured myself as a parent has grown over the years."
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"But I've been there and done that. I'm not trying to prove anything to anybody, and if somebody wants me to come, if they can afford what I ask, it's not as much as Madonna makes; not that I want what Madonna makes, but I was saying."
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"If a thing isn't worth saying, you sing it."
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"It was just us lampooning our own peer group, saying, well hey, where did this stuff come from? And where does British guys get to be so good at it suddenly?"
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"The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes think its true object is to prevent the ambassador from saying anything at all."
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"When Howard Dean started saying some honest things, they hung him."
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"I keep saying the word "weird" over and over again, but it's the only way I can describe it."
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"I think people often confuse success with fame and stardom."
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"Maybe wanting to retire is my ambition."
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"People say to me that I can't be nervous because I've had such a wealth of experience, but I tell them that I have never done this particular part before."
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"The strange thing is that since I've been offered lots of films I think that maybe they think that I've sold out to Hollywood. Which is not the case if anybody's listening."
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"I've never done a big studio film, I've only ever done little ones."
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"Being a secretary was considered a very good job in those days."
Being

"I like the enthusiasm but not the insincerity of Los Angeles."
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"I love silence."
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"I always think 12 times before saying anything."
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"I've done a lot of costume drama and theatre - the National Theatre and In fact, most of my work at the theatre, at the National Theatre anyway, was period."
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