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Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was taken out of school by my dad when I was 11 and lived in Mexico City, then later in Paris. I went with him to excavate in Bolivia and Peru. I never finished high school. I was a straight F student anyway. My father admitted to me later that he'd thought I would come to no good.
- Mean
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I'm not a dogmatic, purist psychopath. There's an unfair image of me - mean, crazy, hostile. I'm really a very gentle person.
- Being Lazy
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- Nov 07, 2020
You get used to being lazy doing films, but classical theatre's going to finish me off.
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Richard was in heavy, heavy costume, he could hardly sit, you know, and I turned up and they put me in two layers of silk, so I played him much lighter - you know, floating around in a pair of slippers, a bit of a hippy.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just play him as myself, I don't ease myself into any role really. I stick a beard on and play me.
- Money
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I am a theatre actor, but the last ten years I've taken parts in movies because it keeps me in money.
- Personality
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Every part I play is just a variant of my own personality. No real character actor, of course, just me.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
A child did approach me in a restaurant in Cornwall, but he thought I was Gandalf.
- Mind
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I've always tried to be an actor who... I just plod on and try to keep my mouth shut, mind my own business. I find the whole thing about people's lives... I can't understand it. I'm always astonished that people want to know anything about me.
- Experience
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My experience has shown me that the people who are exceptionally good in business aren't so because of what they know but because of their insatiable need to know more.
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For me, the music is always speaking from the point of view of the characters. Rarely do you score an event.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad gave me his camera, so I spent my childhood making movies with the kids in the neighborhood as actors.
- Listening
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up listening to 'Planet of the Apes' and other scores, and it was fun for me because you weren't just listening to those scores, but you were also questioning what you were listening to. What are those sounds?
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- Nov 07, 2020