I just love biography, and I'm fascinated by people who have shifted our destinies or our points of view.

Quote by Richard Attenborough

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I prefer fact to fiction.

I prefer fact to fiction.

I think Tom Paine is one of the greatest men that's ever lived.

I think Tom Paine is one of the greatest men that's ever lived.

I think it is obscene that we should believe that we are entitled to end...

I think it is obscene that we should believe that we are entitled to end...

Well, I think In Love and War, which had a wonderful performance by Sandy, Sandra...

Well, I think In Love and War, which had a wonderful performance by Sandy, Sandra...

In other words, if you - the cost of promoting movies, the advertising and promotion...

In other words, if you - the cost of promoting movies, the advertising and promotion...

I don't read a great deal of fiction, to my shame, other than the classics.

I don't read a great deal of fiction, to my shame, other than the classics.

I am passionately opposed to capital punishment, and I have been all my life.

I am passionately opposed to capital punishment, and I have been all my life.

What I am sad about is that there is now, in America, no equivalent to...

What I am sad about is that there is now, in America, no equivalent to...

I came from a family who believed in, in quotes, the Rights of Man, who...

I came from a family who believed in, in quotes, the Rights of Man, who...

I do care about style. I do care, but I only care about style that...

I do care about style. I do care, but I only care about style that...

I believe in trade unionism, and I believe in democracy, in democratic trade unionism.

I believe in trade unionism, and I believe in democracy, in democratic trade unionism.

I can't write, I can't paint, I don't compose.

I can't write, I can't paint, I don't compose.

I was on my own union council for twenty-odd years.

I was on my own union council for twenty-odd years.

And I believe we need heroes, I believe we need certain people who we can...

And I believe we need heroes, I believe we need certain people who we can...

I'm a passionate trade unionist.

I'm a passionate trade unionist.

I do not have a brain that I long for in dealing with matters of...

I do not have a brain that I long for in dealing with matters of...

There's nothing more important in making movies than the screenplay.

There's nothing more important in making movies than the screenplay.

If you've ever seen the film In Which We Serve, but it was about a...

If you've ever seen the film In Which We Serve, but it was about a...

And there are certain things, and they are evident, obviously, without being boring about it,...

And there are certain things, and they are evident, obviously, without being boring about it,...

Well, you cannot think of cinema now, and you cannot think of cinema in the...

Well, you cannot think of cinema now, and you cannot think of cinema in the...