Quotes by Jim Broadbent - Page 1

I love a really good storyline.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Storyline
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I haven't got a writer's discipline.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Discipline
Havens
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Sweet Jesus, war does terrible things to people.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Jesus
War
Sweet
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We've all got a black book of missed opportunities.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Opportunity
Black
Book
Missed
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Fluency in even one other language would be fantastic.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Fluency
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To do a blockbuster that isn't stressful is a delight.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Blockbuster
Delight
Stressful
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The world would be a duller place without Moulin Rouge.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Rouge
World
Would Be
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In fact I'd like to go back and live in Shakespeare's London.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Facts
London
Live Back Go
Shakespeare
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Other people have a much better idea of what I might do than I.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Ideas
Might
People
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You can't be angsty all day or else it becomes a sort of pale angst.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Angst
Pale
All Day
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It's funny how a film about a murderous old English toff can help you.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Film
Helping
Old English
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I see myself as a small 'l' liberal, but not coalition liberal, necessarily.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Coalition
Liberal
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People smile at me as if they know me. I just smile back. They probably might know me.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Just Smile
Might
People
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I never was a great Thatcher fan, and it wasn't a sad day in my life when she resigned.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Fans
Resigned
Sad Day
Thatcher
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It's fatal to talk about acting. It sounds faintly ridiculous if you start analysing it.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Acting
Analysing
Ridiculous
Sound
Fatal
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We seem to have reached the age where life stops giving us things and starts taking them away.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Age
Aging
Giving
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An Oscar clears the deck of envy and resentment. You think, 'Well, I've got that. I can relax now.'
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Deck
Envy
Relax
Resentment
Clears
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The films I enjoy seeing are those that reveal lives I was unaware of... in different cultures or whatever.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Culture
Different
Different Cultures
Film
Cultures
Reveal
Unaware
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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.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Artist
Lost
Oscars
Polished
Lustre
Oscar
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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.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Produce
Real
Real Person
Reputation
Responsibility
Way
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I think we all have a selfish gene which rises to the top, sometimes. But then we're also all capable of a sudden magnanimity.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Capable
Magnanimity
Selfish
Sometimes
Thinking
Also
Gene
Rises
Sudden
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I'm not that comfortable with actors receiving honours, partly because I think they ought to go to those who really help others.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Helping Others
Ought
Receiving
Thinking
Help Others
Honours
Partly
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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.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Sophisticated
Childish
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In Hollywood films everything is tidied up at the end with clean lines and clean character definitions. It's sort of unsatisfying.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Character
Clean
Definitions
Hollywood Films
Lines
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Oh, I think I've been entirely selfish with my career. I've done what I wanted to do, and not put myself out for anyone else particularly.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Careers
Selfish
Thinking
Anyone Else
Entirely
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I do always like to do things I haven't done before, so I'm always looking out for things in a different genre, or a different sort of character.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Character
Different
Done
Genre
Character Looking Always
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Even as a child, you can recognise the innocence of Piglet or the strange adult qualities of Eeyore. You just know you are with friends and family.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Innocence
Recognise
Friends And Family
Qualities
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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.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Wisdom
Brain
Innate
Always Brain Me
Across
Somewhere
Bear
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Even for people who live in the country, there is a trepidation now about going outside to play. But it never occurred to us to be fearful when we were young.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Fearful
Trepidation
Country People Live
Occurred
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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.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
American Culture
Twice
Occasionally
Real Feeling
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I'm a child of that, the 'Bonnie and Clyde' to 'Raging Bull' period, you know. Those are the films that heightened my interest in acting and movies and everything.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Bull
Raging
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I like reflecting the culture I understand best, spotting the idiosyncrasies of British people and revealing them to an audience in a way that amuses is what I find fun.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Culture
Fun
Idiosyncrasies
People
Reflecting
Revealing
British People
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It's so easy as a child to identify with 'Winnie-the-Pooh.' The humour doesn't talk down at you. It's a very grown up humour - a little bit ironic, a bit self deprecating.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Humour
Ironic
Identify
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When you research someone, you actually get beyond your own preconceptions and become aware of the human being other than the image. You become empathetic and sympathetic in turn.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Empathetic
Preconceptions
Research
Sympathetic
Turns
Human Being
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In today's politics, it would be good to have politicians who are more upfront about what they felt and actually not trying to bend with every breeze. They're infuriating, all of them.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Breeze
Infuriating
Today
Trying
Would Be
Bend
Politicians
Upfront
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I like being able to go to the supermarket and go on the Tube and have an ordinary domestic life. I'd hate to have to protect myself. I'm quite lucky that I can carry on without any intrusions. I don't get given a hard time by anyone.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Domestic Life
Hard Times
Hate
Ordinary
Life Time Myself
Carry
Domestic
Hard Time
Supermarket
Tube
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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.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Wisdom
Foolish
Incidents
Old Man
Regret
Caused
Younger
Badly
Behaving
Wasted
Teased
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As a young actor, I was advised to bide my time. Back then, there weren't good roles for someone like me. There were handsome leading men and character actors for smaller supporting roles. But I was told to hang in there, and it was good advice. We're all character actors now. Even a handsome man is a character actor at my age.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Advice
Good Advice
Handsome
Hang In There
My Time
Roles
Time Good Men
Time Good Age
Character Actor
Hang
Leading
Smaller
Supporting
Young Actor
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I love French films, and European films. They're not any bigger, but there's just a sort of definition, and a confidence, and strength to them. I'd always, given the option, go and see a French drama. Obviously, we probably get the better ones. But they're just sophisticated on many levels, and grown up, and quite profound - and we don't make films like that.
Jim Broadbent / Film Actor
Confidence
Love
Strength
Smile
Drama
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