Hopefully, as I get older in the business, I make my choices more accurately, and I perhaps know from either the script or the first meeting that it isn't going to work.

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I think that you can fall into bad habits with comedy... It's a tightrope to...

I think that you can fall into bad habits with comedy... It's a tightrope to...

There's so much crap talked about acting.

There's so much crap talked about acting.

I think that various styles and methods and approaches are an invention of people who...

I think that various styles and methods and approaches are an invention of people who...

I don't honestly think people know what acting is.

I don't honestly think people know what acting is.

I have a rather naive approach, I think, to my job.

I have a rather naive approach, I think, to my job.

In England, it's now Sir Ben. Mister has just disappeared. It's not even on my...

In England, it's now Sir Ben. Mister has just disappeared. It's not even on my...

That hunger of the flesh, that longing for ease, that terror of incarceration, that insistence...

That hunger of the flesh, that longing for ease, that terror of incarceration, that insistence...

When Attenborough asked me to do Gandhi it was almost like stepping off one boat...

When Attenborough asked me to do Gandhi it was almost like stepping off one boat...

I have never felt bereft of anything.

I have never felt bereft of anything.

But comedy I'd love to do as much as humanly possible.

But comedy I'd love to do as much as humanly possible.

Well, it's wonderful to be identified strongly with my work.

Well, it's wonderful to be identified strongly with my work.

I always try to find something I admire about every character I play.

I always try to find something I admire about every character I play.

The many many imponderables come together when a film opens and for all sorts of...

The many many imponderables come together when a film opens and for all sorts of...

I think that all of us either lose touch with the child inside us or...

I think that all of us either lose touch with the child inside us or...

I think I'm more bonded, emotionally and in a craft sense, to films that tell...

I think I'm more bonded, emotionally and in a craft sense, to films that tell...

It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice,...

It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice,...

In cinema, the leading player is the director.

In cinema, the leading player is the director.

If I were to play somebody who ran a fish and chip shop, I would...

If I were to play somebody who ran a fish and chip shop, I would...

I've never had to turn my hand to anything for monetary gain, other than pretending...

I've never had to turn my hand to anything for monetary gain, other than pretending...

With narration, you have to be very accurate with your voice. It's a good exercise...

With narration, you have to be very accurate with your voice. It's a good exercise...