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At age 10 or 12 he's going to...

At age 10 or 12 he's going to boarding school in the Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight is, of course, down at the bottom of England just off South Hampton.

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So nevertheless, what I'm say...

So nevertheless, what I'm saying is that what one is - one's parameters are constantly narrowed by one's success, and my desire is to widen my field even if I risk failure.

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I looked at the circus, and I...

I looked at the circus, and I looked at the carnival, at the fun fair. But I looked at sleeping accommodations and decided I was too middle class to put up with that! So then I joined the theater and found I could choose my own bedroom. I loved the atmosphere. I loved that we worked till midnight and didn't start till ten.

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I constantly experience failu...

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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Because I'm now successful, w...

Because I'm now successful, what I'm being offered as an actor is more and more of the same.

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I do this work, but I am unco...

I do this work, but I am uncomfortable in situations where you're hyped into something you're not. Just because you're in a long limo doesn't mean anything.

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Most people have fallen by th...

Most people have fallen by the wayside once or twice in their lives, and because the world is so transparent now, I think they're very fearful of running for office.

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I wanted to find a way of lif...

I wanted to find a way of life that allowed me great freedom, not to be stuck. I went to a very traditional school, which prepared people for the army or for banking or for industry, and I wanted to be outside of that.

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It's always nice working with...

It's always nice working with friends. And if you have a director that you've worked with before, you don't have to go through that first learning thing. There's an element of trust there.

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So I continued through my nex...

So I continued through my next school, which takes me up to the age of 17, moving from the bottom stream of one year into the bottom stream of the next year, all the way through. I showed other talents which gave me self-respect, which is fine.

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Americans enjoy uniformity in...

Americans enjoy uniformity in a way that the British don't; they wanted everybody of a sort of nice chorus line height and here I was, this person who was a good three inches taller than anyone else on the end of the line.

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You ask my wife or my two son...

You ask my wife or my two sons, and they'll tell you that I ain't free with the money.

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I believe inanimate objects h...

I believe inanimate objects have a spirit.

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I'm not religious. I'm spirit...

I'm not religious. I'm spiritual. Religious seems too much like a club.

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I think there's still an appe...

I think there's still an appetite among a certain audience to see intelligent movies that have real emotion in them.

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There's a great thing about a...

There's a great thing about amateur sport: it is purer. And the athletes are not open to so much pressure with amateur sport.

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I don't watch a lot of televi...

I don't watch a lot of television. I try to watch all the good movies, but I've got about twenty of these television series that I should be watching. I haven't seen 'The Wire.' I haven't seen 'Mad Men.' I haven't seen Kevin's thing. What's that called? 'House of Cards.' I hear it's wonderful.

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I've never disliked a charact...

I've never disliked a character I've played. I've always tried to find the humanity and the reasons for what he does.

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Mathematicians are always pla...

Mathematicians are always playing tricks on each other. They're always pulling jokes on each other.

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I have played characters wher...

I have played characters where I haven't been absorbed - you know, what I call a typical film leading man role where you just have to look gorgeous and be attractive and charming. It bores me. I like a bit of dirt, a bit of sand in the oyster.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....