Jeremy Irons Quotes

I have played characters where I haven't been absorbed - you know, what I call a typical film leading man role where you just have to look gorgeous and be attractive and charming. It bores me. I like a bit of dirt, a bit of sand in the oyster.

Jeremy Irons

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: September 19, 1948

Topics

ManMeSandYouLookKnow

I grew up in a lot of different homes when I was younger: my parents rented trailers and small, boxy houses set high on cement block pillars.

Jesmyn Ward

ParentsSmallHighUpDifferentSet

You play to whatever publication you're being interviewed by.

Matthew Rhys

YouPlayWhateverBeingPublication

There's a sort of sibling moratorium when you're establishing yourself as an adult. So much of your energy has to be focused on other things like work and kids. But when people become more settled, siblings tend to regroup because now you're building a new extended family.

Jeffrey Kluger

WorkFamilyYourselfPeopleEnergy

I know Elon, we're very like minded in many ways. We're not conceptual twins. One thing I want us to do is go to Mars, but for me it's one thing. He's singularly focused on that. I think motivation wise, for me I don't find that Plan B idea motivating. I don't want a plan B for Earth, I want Plan B to make sure Plan A works.

Jeff Bezos

WiseMeThinkMotivationPlanEarth

I used to think there was something dirty about being paid for something which is a sacred thing to do. I can't disconnect the act of writing music from the act of prayer. If anyone tries to stop me working, it feels like someone is trying to stop me from taking communion.

John Tavener

MusicPrayerMeWritingThinkDirty

Not in our make-up, to be sure - not in the pose which is preceded by the tantaras of a trumpet - do the essential traits in our character first reveal themselves. But truly in the little things the real self is exteriorised.

Ameen Rihani

CharacterLittle ThingsSelfPose

My first job was as a sandwich artist at Subway.

Sophia Amoruso

JobArtistFirstSandwichSubway

Sometimes, idealistic people are put off the whole business of networking as something tainted by flattery and the pursuit of selfish advantage. But virtue in obscurity is rewarded only in Heaven. To succeed in this world you have to be known to people.

Sonia Sotomayor

BusinessPeopleWorldNetworkingYou

Customers are more friendly when they've had a meal.

Tom Douglas

MoreMealFriendlyCustomersHad

As founder and co-chair of the upper Mississippi River Congressional task force, I have long sought to preserve the river's health and historical multiple uses, including as a natural waterway and a home to wildlife, for the benefit of future generations of Americans.

Ron Kind

HomeFutureHealthRiverLongTask

I'm glad I came to Palace because I am getting the game time I wanted. I am also learning to fight with some good players.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek

LearningGoodTimeFightI AmGame

Police officers see everything, and they experience everything, and they don't always act correctly.

Cheo Hodari Coker

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