Jim Broadbent Quotes
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 don't care about image and all that nonsense. I'm in sweat pants every day. I don't play the game at all.
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You know when you're 14 and terrified to talk to a girl? I didn't suffer much from that. It seemed very natural to me to talk to girls.
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Jenna's traveled with me; they've both traveled with their dad. This is the only time they've been old enough in all of their dad's campaigns to really be involved in.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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Defendants are being evaluated based on numerical grid without any aggravating circumstances being considered. The effect has been to transfer the disparity from the judge to the prosecutor allowing for a great deal of leeway on indictments.
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Scientists tend to be skeptical, but the weakness of the community of science is that it tends to move into preformed establishment modes that say this is the only way of doing science, the only valid view.
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There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns.
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I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
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Conviction without experience makes for harshness.
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I read about human psychology, practise balance, and accept that everything and everyone in our lives is transient. One day, people will criticise you, and the next day, they will praise you.
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I didn't particularly like being objectified.
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It is a political thriller. It's very action packed and it's very exciting, but at the same time it's a very big soulful love story about longing and loss. They're not separate, they're completely dependent on one another.
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As far as money goes, there's a saying in Denmark: 'Your last suit doesn't have any pockets.' You can't take it with you. You can make all the money you want, but who cares?
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Sometimes when you're making more errors you want to pull back, but I just need to keep going forward.
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One of the problems with putting Huck Finn into a movie or on the stage is, you always make the white people stupid and racist. The point is, they don't know they're racist.
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If you can't move the audience, they don't want you.
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Working with Will Smith was one of the highlights of my career. He is so talented and has a tremendous work ethic. We are still friends, and I reach out to him and his partner to pitch ideas. He loves my mother. In fact, my mother was his son Jaden's acting coach for the movie 'Pursuit of Happiness.'
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I'm like half Brazilian and half American now.
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My grandfather was a civil servant. He was honest, so it would be unfair to say we enjoyed the perils of richness.
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If you're confident, then it helps you live up to your potential, but if you believe because you went to a certain school it means you're entitled to have a particular career, you'll fall flat on your face eventually.
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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.
