Dirk Bogarde Quotes
It was said of me recently that I suffered from an Obsessional Privacy. I can only suppose it must be true.
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My father got me involved in the game when I was four years old.
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I want to do roles that take women a step farther. I don't want to be slotted into anything. But if I get a brilliant role which requires me to be a mother, then I will do it. But I want people to see that a woman could be anything at whatever age, even if she is married or has two kids.
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I really love nature. I grew up in the country. But one of the things about nature is that it is beautiful but it's also very dangerous.
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Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.
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There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
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The kind of classic pose of a female model is to look kind of sexy and a bit annoyed.
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You want maybe to be that guy or one of the few guys who can help develop the game in the United States.
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I'm trying to live every moment as much as I can.
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My boring, mundane, diligent kind of golf works sometimes. Actually, it works all the time. And sometimes, on the greatest stages, it really does flourish.
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Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
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There's something extremely bizarre about the way people consume media now.
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
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I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That's what makes me interested in them, that they didn't present themselves as idols; they were just doing their jobs.
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A man can make himself put down what comes, even if it seems nauseating nonsense; tomorrow some of it may not seem wholly nonsense at all.
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Is it written that equality between men and women means one can change sex? Obviously not.
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Do you want to feel good, or do you want to do good?
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The Amex has a long, often troubled, sometimes glorious history.
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Little boys have amazing minds.
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I can play the trumpet. Before I became an actor, I wanted to be the next Louis Armstrong. I started young and got to grade seven. When I turned 13, everyone started whipping out guitars, looking cool and joining rock bands, so I stopped playing.
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I have a lot of gadgets, remote controls for everything - the curtains, pool cover - it's like The Jetsons!
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Sometimes if something is entertaining and amusing, people tend to think that it doesn't have the depth of something that's dramatic. I don't think that's true.
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The cast of 'Vikings' is a real team, a true ensemble. It's a mad, eclectic, great bunch! But we support each other and trust each other completely. There are no egos.
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My first car was an '84 Ford Taurus. It caught on fire from me trying to change the fuel pump, so that wasn't good at all. Dried leaves on the ground while I was trying to change the fuel pump. Don't do that. Do it on concrete.
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It was said of me recently that I suffered from an Obsessional Privacy. I can only suppose it must be true.
