I just hate the idea of being well known. I know that is almost impossible if you're an actor who has done okay, but I've always fought against it.
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People who have read the books get miserable because of all the bits that have been cut out. So I just read the script. That's the best way.
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Paul Schofield said something like, 'If I'm not acting in a play, I don't really exist.' Those weren't the exact words, but he meant it's only when I'm acting in a play that I've got something to say about the world. And then why should I talk, when people can come to see it?
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I belong to quite a lot of learned societies. We collect firearms and discuss them at dinners and clubs and things.
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Television has dried up for my generation, so it's plays and films.
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