Jim Broadbent Quotes
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The world would be a duller place without Moulin Rouge.
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I like being able to go to the supermarket and go on the Tube and have an ordinary domestic life. I'd hate to have to protect myself. I'm quite lucky that I can carry on without any intrusions. I don't get given a hard time by anyone.
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I do always like to do things I haven't done before, so I'm always looking out for things in a different genre, or a different sort of character.
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It's fatal to talk about acting. It sounds faintly ridiculous if you start analysing it.
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An Oscar clears the deck of envy and resentment. You think, 'Well, I've got that. I can relax now.'
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I'm a child of that, the 'Bonnie and Clyde' to 'Raging Bull' period, you know. Those are the films that heightened my interest in acting and movies and everything.
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I think we all have a selfish gene which rises to the top, sometimes. But then we're also all capable of a sudden magnanimity.
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Even as a child, you can recognise the innocence of Piglet or the strange adult qualities of Eeyore. You just know you are with friends and family.
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When you research someone, you actually get beyond your own preconceptions and become aware of the human being other than the image. You become empathetic and sympathetic in turn.
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I'm not that comfortable with actors receiving honours, partly because I think they ought to go to those who really help others.
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Even for people who live in the country, there is a trepidation now about going outside to play. But it never occurred to us to be fearful when we were young.
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It's funny how a film about a murderous old English toff can help you.
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Oh, I think I've been entirely selfish with my career. I've done what I wanted to do, and not put myself out for anyone else particularly.
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If you're playing any real person, live or dead, you certainly have a responsibility to produce that reputation in some way.
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I haven't got a writer's discipline.
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I see myself as a small 'l' liberal, but not coalition liberal, necessarily.
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In fact I'd like to go back and live in Shakespeare's London.
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In Hollywood films everything is tidied up at the end with clean lines and clean character definitions. It's sort of unsatisfying.
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It's so easy as a child to identify with 'Winnie-the-Pooh.' The humour doesn't talk down at you. It's a very grown up humour - a little bit ironic, a bit self deprecating.
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As a young actor, I was advised to bide my time. Back then, there weren't good roles for someone like me. There were handsome leading men and character actors for smaller supporting roles. But I was told to hang in there, and it was good advice. We're all character actors now. Even a handsome man is a character actor at my age.
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You can't be angsty all day or else it becomes a sort of pale angst.
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I like reflecting the culture I understand best, spotting the idiosyncrasies of British people and revealing them to an audience in a way that amuses is what I find fun.
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In today's politics, it would be good to have politicians who are more upfront about what they felt and actually not trying to bend with every breeze. They're infuriating, all of them.
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I love a really good storyline.