Jim Broadbent Quotes
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I don't have Gandalf the White's certainty about everything.
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It is of course very difficult to see relations between America and Iran becoming increasingly tense and knowing that it is not the people of the countries but a subset of leaders and radicals that are causing such strife. I am hoping that the spirit of the people will triumph.
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I always believed in my ability, but I think in any sport you need that little bit of luck.
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Many faux pas of fashion can be avoided if you curb your instinctive desire to buy things with your heart instead of your head.
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I love the simplicity and freedom of running. A pair of shoes, and you are all set to explore new trails.
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I've come to feel that if I can't make something happen in under an hour and a half, it's not going to happen in a compelling way in a three-hour play.
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When we're back home, I feel pretty domesticated.
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In most cases, my favorite Jethro Tull songs will be determined by how I feel about them as live performance songs, not by the recorded identity.
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I never listen to Led Zeppelin. But, I mean, I don't think Robert Plant or Jimmy Page listen to Led Zeppelin, either. We all probably obsessed over the same old blues records growing up.
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A bicycle has transformed my experience of London.
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The only rule is don't be boring and dress cute wherever you go. Life is too short to blend in.
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I've always tried to explore the humorous aspects of life.
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When you're as plain as I am, you've gotta have a gimmick.
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I have differences of opinion within my own family, an Irish Catholic family. So, I do respect those that disagree.
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My husband is a brilliant cook - enthusiastic and good - but he has not mastered the clearing up as you go along.
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The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.
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We live in an image society. Speeches are not what anybody cares about; what they care about is the picture.
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There are contemporary artists that I hate with all my heart. These are provocateurs that are without feeling. Where is the real emotion?
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You know what's funny to me? Attitude.
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The funny thing about the people I don't like - they're very self-centered.
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I've received some English-speaking scripts, but I was not interested in them.
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I think, as an actor, I would find it a little run-of-the-mill doing procedurals where it's the same sort of thing week in and week out. Your character doesn't get to grow very much, which, purely from an actor's point of view, you want to see an arc of your character.
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I feel like I'm 100 years old. I can't tell you what I did today. I can't tell you what I did for seven years. I can't tell you. It happens so seamlessly - I'm just floating along and seven years go by.
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It's funny how a film about a murderous old English toff can help you.
