Derek Jacobi Quotes
I think that each character has fascinated and interested me enough to want to play him.
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I am confined to the Lego palate. I don't paint the bricks. I stick with what Lego has made. And the idea behind that is I do want to hopefully inspire kids to go home and create on their own. And if I do, I want them to be able to buy those very same bricks I use. So I don't alter the bricks; I just use what's provided.
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I get paid to do what I enjoy, not that common a condition.
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I'd love to play Moon Knight. I don't know if anybody's doing a Moon Knight animated series any time soon.
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I don't want to be a bust.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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The pace of innovation may slow down or speed up depending on the appetite in the public markets, but the constant progress of technology doesn't really ever stop. There's always opportunities for new ideas and creative people to go build great things. I'm always interested in learning about those kinds of opportunities.
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When I was little, we had a Golden Book that had all these Disney characters in one portrait on the first page. My dad used to read from it every night. We'd play this game of find Pluto or find Donald Duck. He'd read us stories and do all the voices. Those are great memories.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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As an actor, I've always said, half the audience is going to love you, half is going to hate you so just live with it. It's easier that way.
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I was an escapee of childhood. I always wanted to grow up.
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The same way you can see me sit at a table in a movie and be six different people, the mother and the uncle and all these different things, when I'm in the studio, I can do that, too. I'm not trying to be a recording artist and have a certain type of music for the radio.
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I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.
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'Lost' is about a bunch of people stranded on an island. It's compelling, but kind of tiny. But what sustains you are the characters.
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I'd love to have William Faulkner, Beethoven and Bach over. I want to find out what makes those guys tick!
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A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.
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I have made a public statement about me and Ralph by being seen with him. I don't need to make any other. You can live the way you want.
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I eat super clean and am always watching what I eat.
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In Japan, people don't really sing about sexual content.
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There are two things that are important in politics. The first is money and I can’t remember what the second one is.
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It's not just what you do on the pitch, it's what you do off the pitch.
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Frankly, I love my independence too much to give it up.
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The greater our innocence, the greater our strength and the swifter our victory.
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I always play what I call The Girl. The nice straight character. Sincere. Usually the victim. I'm put upon. I suffer.
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I think that each character has fascinated and interested me enough to want to play him.
