Denholm Elliott famous quotes

Surprise yourself every day with your own courage.
-- Denholm Elliott

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When it's a minor or supporting role, you learn to make the most of what you're given. I can make two lines seem like Hamlet.
-- Denholm Elliott

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The conventionality of the English is something I find unattractive - the whole lack of joy in the physical.
-- Denholm Elliott

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Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

The things that make me different are the things that make me.

When I cannot understand my Father's leading, And it seems to be but hard and cruel fate, Still I hear that gentle whisper ever pleading, God is working, God is faithful-Only wait.

People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.

Inspiration may be a form of superconsciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness - I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.

Surprise keeps the reader awake. The only alternative is to continue saying what the reader is expecting. What fun is that?

I am more of a surprise kind of guy. I love to find out as I go.

Each painting is fresh and new, a surprise even to myself.

Writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises.

The depth of the feeling continued to surprise and threaten me, but each time it hit again and I bore it...I would discover that it hadn't washed me away.