Jim Broadbent Quotes
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We get older and more sophisticated and a bit cleverer, but certainly boys - and men - are as childish and basic as we ever were.
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It was always important to me to make sure Pooh came across as much more than a bear of very little brain. There is an innate wisdom there somewhere.
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We've all got a black book of missed opportunities.
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I never was a great Thatcher fan, and it wasn't a sad day in my life when she resigned.
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Other people have a much better idea of what I might do than I.
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The films I enjoy seeing are those that reveal lives I was unaware of... in different cultures or whatever.
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I regret behaving badly when I was younger. I did not know any better at the time. The thing is that the incidents that I caused were not funny... Youth is wasted on the young. It is better to have the wisdom of an old man in a young body... I was a bit foolish and teased people, trying to be funny.
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A make-up artist I know polished her Oscar and it lost its lustre. But if you don't polish it, it doesn't tarnish.
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Fluency in even one other language would be fantastic.
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Occasionally, I've been asked to do American roles, and once or twice I have, but I don't understand Americans. I don't have any real feeling for American culture.
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People smile at me as if they know me. I just smile back. They probably might know me.