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"I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying."

"Ronald Reagan used to alarm his Soviet counterparts by saying that surely they'd both unite against an invasion from Mars."

"Everyone has highs and lows that they have to learn from, but every morning I start off with a good head on my shoulders, saying to myself, 'It's going to be a good day!'."

"Because Hightower's problem, among other things, is that advertisers would be a lot less interested in his show than in Limbaugh's, even if they have similar ratings, because of what Hightower is saying."

"When someone hands you a flyer, it's like they're saying here you throw this away."

"I have to say that when I was young, when any politician was talking I wasn't even interested. Maybe they were saying some nice stuff, but then if you put Michael Jordan on TV, I was interested!"

"There was a lot of stress and assumptions made without me even saying anything, which was very upsetting."
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"I knew Secrets and Lies was a great film, but I didn't expect it to get the attention it did because none of his other films had and I thought they were just as good."

"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."

"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."

"Everyone the world over talks about British actors and British talent and I think that's because we were trained - until now - in theatre."

"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."

"I think behind closed doors people behave differently no matter what period we're looking at, because people have to stand up straight in public but can slouch behind closed doors - can you imagine wearing those corsets?"

"I hate that people think going to the theatre is a special occasion. I wish people would treat it as normally as going to the cinema."
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