Jeremy Irons Quotes
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.
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When I'm in my 50s, I kind of think I'll want to be in a garden.
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Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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Stop a minute, right where you are. Relax your shoulders, shake your head and spine like a dog shaking off cold water. Tell that imperious voice in your head to be still.
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The Schindler Jews were off-limits in Brunnlitz.
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I have been blessed to visit the Holy City of Mecca.
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I'm not afraid of special effects, but I see them very much as a means to an end.
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I think back to the 1990s, when I joined the Army, and all those peacetime years that we had, thinking, 'Will we ever go into combat?'
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My music confuses people because they think I will sound a certain way because I look a certain way with the dreads.
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It's something that I do every year - every Ramadan to be exact - taking an 18-hour flight back home to Malaysia from Los Angeles. I'm born and raised in Malaysia, and Ramadan and Eid has always been my favorite time of the year.
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I look formidable.
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I trust my hand. If I go into a space with a roll of paper, I can make a work, some kind of work, and feel pretty satisfied.
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When I was doing fringe theatre, my ambition was to do repertory. When I got to rep it was to do national theatre; then it was t,o get a couple of parts in television. I never had this great desire to overreach myself. I was too busy enjoying acting. I was just obsessed with it.
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The left-brainer and the economist in me says watch what people do, not what they say.
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If we work so hard and put all the money in the hospital to buy medicine - it will be a disaster. Why we should work? So without a healthy environment of this Earth, no matter how much money you make, no matter how wonderful you are, you have a bad disaster.
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A lot of people think that because I'm from Malaysia, I'm driven by Malaysian sound, but actually, it's mostly just my melodies.
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It's quite nice to have a bit more color on the lips during wintertime. And it's festive, isn't it?
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I never rule anything in or out; life can surprise you.
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The Age of Writing has passed. We must invent a new metaphor, restructure our thoughts and feelings. (p. 14)
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A star on a movie set is like a time bomb. That bomb has got to be defused so people can approach it without fear.
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In the Sanghi family, there is no one who has undertaken intellectual pursuits.
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I've learnt that if you can't get rid of something, you have to find a way to live with it.
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Traditional radio is not going to die; it's going to evolve.
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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.
