The sad thing about any business I suppose, but in mine you see it particularly, is that you're always asked to do what you've already done.

Quote by Jeremy Irons

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So the better my partner or my opposition, however you like to think about it,...

So the better my partner or my opposition, however you like to think about it,...

I liked the theater. I liked the people. I liked the time that we worked.

I liked the theater. I liked the people. I liked the time that we worked.

An acting assistant stage manager in a theater in Canterbury, a rep theater. A small...

An acting assistant stage manager in a theater in Canterbury, a rep theater. A small...

Godspell was a good leap for me, it was a good shop window.

Godspell was a good leap for me, it was a good shop window.

We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take...

We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take...

My next step must be to go to drama school. Well, I get into drama...

My next step must be to go to drama school. Well, I get into drama...

However, I wasn't very good at the sciences, or didn't have a lot of help...

However, I wasn't very good at the sciences, or didn't have a lot of help...

So nevertheless, what I'm saying is that what one is - one's parameters are constantly...

So nevertheless, what I'm saying is that what one is - one's parameters are constantly...

Now in my theater training I showed no aptitude at all.

Now in my theater training I showed no aptitude at all.

So I continued through my next school, which takes me up to the age of...

So I continued through my next school, which takes me up to the age of...

I constantly experience failure in that my work is never as good as I want...

I constantly experience failure in that my work is never as good as I want...

A trip to the mainland was a big event and happened maybe once a year,...

A trip to the mainland was a big event and happened maybe once a year,...

I was not naturally intellectual, but somebody whose interest had to be whetted, still the...

I was not naturally intellectual, but somebody whose interest had to be whetted, still the...

I had done a fair bit of traveling during the holidays in my school days...

I had done a fair bit of traveling during the holidays in my school days...

At age 10 or 12 he's going to boarding school in the Isle of Wight....

At age 10 or 12 he's going to boarding school in the Isle of Wight....

I envy children who know that they're going to become doctors, know they're going to...

I envy children who know that they're going to become doctors, know they're going to...

Paris Hilton, that's very interesting what she did. I've never done that. I haven't really...

Paris Hilton, that's very interesting what she did. I've never done that. I haven't really...

Americans enjoy uniformity in a way that the British don't; they wanted everybody of a...

Americans enjoy uniformity in a way that the British don't; they wanted everybody of a...

I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don't...

I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don't...

No, I don't believe in hard work. If something is hard, leave it. Let it...

No, I don't believe in hard work. If something is hard, leave it. Let it...