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When I choose a role it's either because I recognise the man, or that I'm very curious to know him. If I neither recognise nor know him, then it is better that I don't play him.
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In England, it's now Sir Ben. Mister has just disappeared. It's not even on my passport anymore. They've taken Mister away from me.
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There have not been any troughs as regards my work. There's never been a trough of my assurance.
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I would like to make it known, on this program, loud and clear, that I would absolutely embrace with all five of my arms being a Bond villain.
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John Lennon and Ringo Starr liked my songs. I used to write songs and they heard me sing songs on stage in London.
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I try and reduce myself to an almost blank slate and hope to God that I am creative.
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If your best friend has stolen your girlfriend, it does become life and death.
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All the great writers root their characters in true human behaviour.
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With narration, you have to be very accurate with your voice. It's a good exercise to do.
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The many many imponderables come together when a film opens and for all sorts of reasons it may or may not succeed.
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I'm very in love with the fact that the camera is revolted by acting and loves behaviour.
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When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting.
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One of the greatest things drama can do, at it's best, is to redefine the words we use every day such as love, home, family, loyalty and envy. Tragedy need not be a downer.
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That hunger of the flesh, that longing for ease, that terror of incarceration, that insistence on tribal honour being obeyed: all of that exists, and it exists everywhere.
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