26 Charles Dance Quotes for You to Enjoy

Charles Dance

English Actor

Born: Oct 10, 1946

Actor Any Game Good Me You

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Your senses are reeling all the time. Finally you find something to write and the very next day you go out and see something else which totally contradicts what you've written and every conclusion you've come to. Charles Dance

I've never been one for late nights, which is why I have always preferred making films to theatre. A play takes over your life: you start to feel sick at lunchtime, and by mid-afternoon, you're wishing for a bomb scare so the whole thing will be called off. Of course, if the evening goes well and you get the applause, then it's wonderful. Charles Dance

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Politics is the most corrupt profession on Earth, no matter where you are. Charles Dance

Politics You Matter Earth Corrupt Most Where Profession

You have to attempt to be objective about yourself. Charles Dance

You Yourself About Objective Attempt

If you get a bad script, then you start expending energy trying to make a silk purse of a sow's ear. When the script's as good as those on 'Game of Thrones,' say, I don't think there was a single occasion where any of us thought there was a bad scene. Charles Dance

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When you get to a certain age, the work begins to thin out. Charles Dance

Work You Age Out Begins Get Certain Certain Age Thin

A handful of older, romantic leading men, like Sean Connery, Jack Nicholson, and Robert Redford are still landing parts. Charles Dance

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Most films are written and made with a hero around 35, or even 25. Charles Dance

Hero Made Films Written Most Around Even

I'm playing one of the principal roles, which gives you more clout and more confidence. Charles Dance

You Confidence More Gives Principal Roles Clout Which Playing

I phoned this number and said, Please, sir, I want to be an actor. Charles Dance

Please Said Sir Want Actor Number

We had five goats, two dogs, a cat and racks of commentaries on Shakespeare. Charles Dance

Shakespeare Cat Had Dogs Goats Five Two

If I talk about Charles Dance I am talking about something else, something I operate and wind up and have to make an impression with and use to transmit someone else's screenplay. Charles Dance

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I've done maybe twelve of Shakespeare's plays. I was with the Royal Shakespeare Company for years. Whatever influence that has never leaves you. If you learn to drive a car, and you learn the right way if there is ever a right way. You learn the good aspects, you learn to drive properly. And that never leaves you. Charles Dance

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My face lends itself to austere characters, and unless they're two-dimensional, I will do them. Any actor will tell you that an interesting villain is much more interesting to play. Charles Dance

You Will Face Unless Tell Characters More Austere Itself Any Interesting Lends Them Much Villain Actor Play Two-Dimensional

I like approbation. Any actor who tells you they don't is lying. Charles Dance

You Lying Approbation Tells Like Any Who Actor

I think it's counterproductive for actors to come to the set with well-thumbed copies of the book their film is adapted from. Charles Dance

Book Think Counterproductive Come Film Actor Copies Set Adapted

I would have liked to have worked with Ralph Richardson and Paul Scofield, but they're dead now. Charles Dance

Ralph Would Liked Dead Paul Worked Now

I had a stammer through adolescence. Any fun I'd had performing in school plays disappeared and only came back at 18, when the stammer started to go. Then I thought: 'Well, perhaps I can show off now.' Charles Dance

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I like to keep up with London theatre, but it is a question of time. Charles Dance

Time Theatre London Like Question Up Keep

I like to be busy. I once shared an agent with the late Sir John Gielgud, who, at 96, was apparently still ringing up, saying, 'Hello, Gielgud here, any work?' Good on him. We've got to keep working. If we retire, there'll be nobody to play the old wrinklies, and that would be a dreadful shame. Charles Dance

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