top of page
Quote_1.png
Ian McDiarmid

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

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

More 

Quote_1.png
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."

Movies

Quote_1.png
Ian McDiarmid
"And also, it's sort of my job to make you believe things about him that aren't true about me."

Job

Quote_1.png
Ian McDiarmid
"I'm the blackest villain of all time."

Time

Quote_1.png
Ian McDiarmid
"Consistency is very important when you're making films."

Consistency

Quote_1.png
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

Quote_1.png
Ian McDiarmid
"I suppose it's easy to play a hypocritical politician with a smiling face; it's also quite gratifying to play."

Play

Quote_1.png
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."

Character

Quote_1.png
Ian McDiarmid
"There were a number of people who helped me get there, and the one I always mention is Michael Byrne, the great master swordsman and brilliant stunt double."

People

Quote_1.png
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

Quote_1.png
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."

Right

More 

Quote_1.png
Aberjhani

"Journalists belong in the gutter because that is where the ruling classes throw their guilty secrets."

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Aberjhani

"We are suffocated by writers who want to enlighten us with their truths. For me, the theatre is beautiful because it is a secret, and secrets seduce us, we all want to share secrets."

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Aberjhani

"The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves."

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Aberjhani

"The costs of keeping secrets include our growing isolation due to fear of detection and the ways we shut down inside to avoid feeling the effects of our behavior. We can never afford to be truly seen and known-even by ourselves."

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Aberjhani

"Keeping secrets is a consequential act for all involved."

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Aberjhani

"So this is what you look like when you're keeping a giant secret from me - exactly the same as usual."

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Aberjhani

"Sometimes, some rare times, a secret stays undiscovered because it is something too big for the mind to hold. It is too strange, too vast, too terrifying to contemplate. All of us have secrets in our lives. We're keepers or kept from, players or played."

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Aberjhani

"I'd learned that some things are best kept secret."

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Aberjhani

"I think everyone's parents have secrets. You just have to know where to look for them."

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Aberjhani

"I think of Lindsay in the bathroom of Rosalita's, and wonder how many people are clutching secrets like little fists, like rocks sitting in the pits of their stomachs. All of them, maybe."

Author Name

Personal Development

bottom of page