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

Quote by Jeremy Irons

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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...

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...

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.

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.

The sad thing about any business I suppose, but in mine you see it particularly,...

The sad thing about any business I suppose, but in mine you see it particularly,...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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

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....

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...

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...

I was the youngest. The yule lamb. The one who always got away without doing...

I was the youngest. The yule lamb. The one who always got away without doing...

Actors often behave like children, and so we're taken for children. I want to be...

Actors often behave like children, and so we're taken for children. I want to be...

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...

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.

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...