Jeremy Irons Quotes
I constantly experience failure in that my work is never as good as I want it to be. So I live with failure.
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People said, 'How could you walk away from music?' But being a dad - there's nothing that can touch that.
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You might not agree with me, but I always offer a lot of support.
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The artistic part of us all - I think that the easiest way to appreciate this - is through architecture. Architecture is very impressive; the beauty of buildings, temples.
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We as women have a voice and we are decision makers in what film to see. We always support our boyfriends and husbands by going to see the male dominated films, but we don't compel them to see films with female casts.
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In the search for culpability for the tragedy in Ferguson, I mostly blame politicians.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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To this day, I've never figured out a single locked-room mystery.
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I have never Twittered or Tweeted or even Chirped.
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Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.
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Throughout my life I have always been amazed that people couldn't listen to other people, that they couldn't hear their best intent, that there seemed to be an enormous need to demonize.
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Let us unite the world through the compassion for our children.
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I'm not always angry. In fact, I think I usually go out of my way to try to find roles that don't seem to be like me.
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Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that.
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To understand why dictators have a problem with making peace - or at least a genuine peace - the link between the nature of a regime and its external behavior must be understood.
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My father never forced me, but chemistry was my best subject.
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Life is tragic comedy, in a way. There is humor.
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I make the music my ears want to hear, I wear the clothes my body wants to wear and the ones boys call me back for, and I generally make the songs that my feet dance to.
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My profession has helped me to grow up.
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I want to act for the rest of my life - and I also want to pursue directing. Watching Bill Condon direct 'Twilight' kind of made me think, 'OK yeah, I really want to do this now.' This idea that you can make an image in your head and be in full control of how it comes out - I thought that was really cool.
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I haven't had a chance to decorate my dressing room yet, but I have these pictures of myself as a kid that I want to put up because I said, 'I really want to make sure that I take that kid with me on this journey.' I want him to experience this.
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If I fall, pick up the flag, kiss it, and keep on going.
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It’s a nice feeling to make and break records but one shouldn’t get too used to it because it’s not going to happen every time. So no point competing with previous records. I believe we should work hard, try our best and then let people decide if they like the film or not.
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I wish I was a better athlete. That would have been a little cooler, being a great boxer and walking into a room and going: "I can knock everybody out!" That's a good feeling.
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I constantly experience failure in that my work is never as good as I want it to be. So I live with failure.
