Jimmy Nail quotes
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“I was racing through life, utterly confused and angry. I don't know if I was out of control; it was more like I felt frustrated with myself and everything I saw happening around me.”
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“I've had a blessed career, and that has been acknowledged in many ways over the years.”
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“I've gradually grown more comfortable with who I am and what I am.”
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“I went from being totally unknown to getting stopped every time I went out. I always wanted to be successful, but I have never wanted to become a celebrity. I never, ever, craved that.”
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“I couldn't make sense of things. But then I began the process of civilising myself and trying to become a decent human being. I'm still working on it.”
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“If you think before you speak the other guy gets his joke in first.”
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“I find it very hard to play a part, then take it off like a cheap suit and become Mr Normal - Mr. Nice Guy.”
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“I haven't got the kind of discipline where I can turn my emotion inside out and then just switch off. It affects me fairly profoundly and I don't like putting myself through that kind of mincer every day.”
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“Even now I can't stand being recognized in the street. I just hate it when strangers come up and try to talk to me. I'm pathologically shy.”
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“The whole fame and fortune thing is addictive.”
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“The older I've got, the easier I've found it to accept myself. I think I've finally learnt not to beat myself up so much.”
-- Jimmy Nail
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