Jim Broadbent quotes
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“We seem to have reached the age where life stops giving us things and starts taking them away.”
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“To do a blockbuster that isn't stressful is a delight.”
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“It's fatal to talk about acting. It sounds faintly ridiculous if you start analysing it.”
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“Oh, I think I've been entirely selfish with my career. I've done what I wanted to do, and not put myself out for anyone else particularly.”
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“Other people have a much better idea of what I might do than I.”
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“The films I enjoy seeing are those that reveal lives I was unaware of... in different cultures or whatever.”
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“The world would be a duller place without Moulin Rouge.”
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“We've all got a black book of missed opportunities.”
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“You can't be angsty all day or else it becomes a sort of pale angst.”
-- Jim BroadbentSource : Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. December 28, 2010.
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“I like being able to go to the supermarket and go on the Tube and have an ordinary domestic life. I'd hate to have to protect myself. I'm quite lucky that I can carry on without any intrusions. I don't get given a hard time by anyone.”
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“I like reflecting the culture I understand best, spotting the idiosyncrasies of British people and revealing them to an audience in a way that amuses is what I find fun.”
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“In today's politics, it would be good to have politicians who are more upfront about what they felt and actually not trying to bend with every breeze. They're infuriating, all of them.”
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“In Hollywood films everything is tidied up at the end with clean lines and clean character definitions. It's sort of unsatisfying.”
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“In fact I'd like to go back and live in Shakespeare's London.”
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“If you're playing any real person, live or dead, you certainly have a responsibility to produce that reputation in some way.”
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“It's funny how a film about a murderous old English toff can help you.”
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“I see myself as a small 'l' liberal, but not coalition liberal, necessarily.”
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“People smile at me as if they know me. I just smile back. They probably might know me.”
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“A make-up artist I know polished her Oscar and it lost its lustre. But if you don't polish it, it doesn't tarnish.”
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“I do always like to do things I haven't done before, so I'm always looking out for things in a different genre, or a different sort of character.”
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“I love a really good storyline.”
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“I never was a great Thatcher fan, and it wasn't a sad day in my life when she resigned.”
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“I think we all have a selfish gene which rises to the top, sometimes. But then we're also all capable of a sudden magnanimity.”
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“I'm not that comfortable with actors receiving honours, partly because I think they ought to go to those who really help others.”
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“When you research someone, you actually get beyond your own preconceptions and become aware of the human being other than the image. You become empathetic and sympathetic in turn.”
-- Jim Broadbent
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