I constantly experience failure in that my work is never as good as I want it to be. So I live with failure.

Quote by Jeremy Irons

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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...

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,...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

And trust, yes, which is important, but that is what I aim towards. Now that...

And trust, yes, which is important, but that is what I aim towards. Now that...

What I try to do as an actor is constantly find that, find ways to...

What I try to do as an actor is constantly find that, find ways 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...

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.

My father was a CPA. He worked hard in the aircraft industry, and would come...

My father was a CPA. He worked hard in the aircraft industry, and would come...

And whenever I'm in a situation where I'm wearing the same as 600 other people...

And whenever I'm in a situation where I'm wearing the same as 600 other people...

Because I'm now successful, what I'm being offered as an actor is more and more...

Because I'm now successful, what I'm being offered as an actor is more and more...

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...

It's always great to play a man who sets himself up to be punctured.

It's always great to play a man who sets himself up to be punctured.

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....

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...

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,...

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.

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...