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Jeremy Irons Quotes

English - Actor | September 19, 1948 -

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

School Step Drama Go Next Well

My father was a CPA. He worked hard in the aircraft industry, and would come home more and more infrequently. He was about to leave my mother, which he did when I was 15.

Father Mother Home More Hard Leave

I was the youngest. The yule lamb. The one who always got away without doing the washing up. My sister was four years older, and my brother six years.

Brother Sister Doing Always Without

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

Intellectual Interest Whose Still

I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don't take on characteristics which are very alien to me.

Character Me Think Alien Actor Take

I succeeded on sort of chutzpah and charm. No technique at all, didn't know what I was doing, but it worked and the character suited me.

Character Me Doing Know Charm Sort

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

Time People Theater Liked Worked

I envy children who know that they're going to become doctors, know they're going to go into the forces or whatever. I think choice is one of the hardest things, but that's what I try to give my children, to say you can do anything.

Children Think You Envy Choice Know

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

Work Failure Good Live Experience

However, I wasn't very good at the sciences, or didn't have a lot of help in the sciences or something but certainly didn't set science for my A level. And when I came to take my A levels I didn't get a good enough result to go to University.

Good Science Enough Help Result Go

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

Now Actor More Same Successful

At age 10 or 12 he's going to boarding school in the Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight is, of course, down at the bottom of England just off South Hampton.

Age School Down Bottom Going Off

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