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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I succeeded on sort of chutzpah and charm. No technique at all, didn't know what...

I succeeded on sort of chutzpah and charm. No technique at all, didn't know what...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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 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...

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...