7 Denholm Elliott Quotes for You to Enjoy

Denholm Elliott

English Actor

Born: May 31, 1922

Died: Oct 6, 1992

Always Anything Joy People Think You

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I'm often given parts that aren't as big as they are colorful, but people remember them. When it's a minor or supporting role, you learn to make the most of what you're given. I can make two lines seem like 'Hamlet'. Denholm Elliott

I like actors - such as Margaret Rutherford and Peter Lorre - who aren't afraid to over-act like real people. When I take a job, I can always come up with ten different ways of doing the part. But I'll always choose the flashiest one. You've got to dress the window a bit. Denholm Elliott

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I think you can be terribly overexposed. I've been always very careful in my career to do theatre; it takes you out of the television eye, and people are glad to see you back again. Denholm Elliott

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I always think instinct is more interesting than anything you can think up. I mistrust and am rather bored with actors who are of the Stanislavski school who think about detail. Denholm Elliott

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The conventionality of the English is something I find unattractive - the whole lack of joy in the physical. Denholm Elliott

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I like films better than the theater because you have to spend so much energy projecting your voice from the stage in the sheer effort to be heard. Denholm Elliott

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