American - Actor | May 24, 1949 -
I haven't got a writer's discipline.
Jim Broadbent
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Oh, I think I've been entirely selfish with my career. I've done what I wanted to do, and not put myself out for anyone else particularly.
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It's fatal to talk about acting. It sounds faintly ridiculous if you start analysing it.
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I love a really good storyline.
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In Hollywood films everything is tidied up at the end with clean lines and clean character definitions. It's sort of unsatisfying.
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I do always like to do things I haven't done before, so I'm always looking out for things in a different genre, or a different sort of character.
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If you're playing any real person, live or dead, you certainly have a responsibility to produce that reputation in some way.
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You can't be angsty all day or else it becomes a sort of pale angst.
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I never was a great Thatcher fan, and it wasn't a sad day in my life when she resigned.
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When you research someone, you actually get beyond your own preconceptions and become aware of the human being other than the image. You become empathetic and sympathetic in turn.
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Other people have a much better idea of what I might do than I.
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I see myself as a small 'l' liberal, but not coalition liberal, necessarily.
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