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Jeremy Irons
Jeremy Irons
English Actor
Born: Sep 19, 1948
Good Me People Think Time You
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We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams. Jeremy Irons
Dreams Time Memories Back Our Machines Our Time Some Take Us Forward
Civility, politeness, it's like a cement in a society: binds it together. And when we lose it, then I think we all feel lesser and slightly dirty because of it. Jeremy Irons
Together Lose Think Society Slightly Civility Dirty Feel Like Because Politeness Cement Then Lesser Binds
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. Jeremy Irons
Class Own Sleeping Too Carnival Circus Atmosphere Ten My Own Joined Could Put Fair Looked Till Bedroom Up Middle Middle Class Loved Decided Theater Midnight Then Worked Choose Fun Found Start
The older I get, the less busy I like to be. Jeremy Irons
Older Busy Like Get Less
I wouldn't call myself a method actor, but I have my own method. I do my own research. I come up with a background for the character. I'm not a club man. I don't like isms. I've never really studied Stanislavski. Jeremy Irons
Myself Character Man Own Club Research Background My Own Never Studied Come Like Call Method Method Actor Up Really Actor
I had done a fair bit of traveling during the holidays in my school days with my guitar and discovered that I could live on it. Admittedly, I traveled with a sleeping bag but I could always find somewhere to lay my head. Jeremy Irons
School Days Guitar School Somewhere Live Sleeping Bit Find Admittedly Lay Could Had Head Bag Days Fair Always Discovered Done Holidays Traveled Traveling
I envy children who know that they're going to become doctors, know they're going to go into the forces or whatever. I think choice is one of the hardest things, but that's what I try to give my children, to say you can do anything. Jeremy Irons
You Envy Try Doctors Become Whatever Think Say Give Know Forces Go Going Children Anything Choice Who Hardest Things
Paris Hilton, that's very interesting what she did. I've never done that. I haven't really sort of ever got into that. As time passes, maybe I should record it and put it in a vault so that when I get a little old don't have the energy I can remember how life used to be. Jeremy Irons
Life Time Remember Old Energy Record Paris Paris Hilton Vault Never Put She Hilton Sort Got How Passes Time Passes Very Get Did Done Maybe Interesting Little Really Should Used Ever
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. Jeremy Irons
Me You Man Gorgeous Typical Bit Characters Bores Charming Dirt Absorb Leading Leading Man Like Know Look Attractive Call Been Role Just Where Sand Film Played
I'm not religious. I'm spiritual. Religious seems too much like a club. Jeremy Irons
Spiritual Too Much Club Too Religious Seems Like Much
So the better my partner or my opposition, however you like to think about it, the better my game. Jeremy Irons
You Game Better Partner Think About Like However Opposition
I succeeded on sort of chutzpah and charm. No technique at all, didn't know what I was doing, but it worked and the character suited me. Jeremy Irons
Character Me Suited Charm Know Sort Doing Succeeded Worked Technique
It's always great to play a man who sets himself up to be punctured. Jeremy Irons
Great Man Sets Himself Always Up Who Play
Peter Brook's 'Midsummer Night's Dream,' I remember seeing. That was pretty early on. And suddenly, I realized how theatrical Shakespeare is, how alive, how wonderful it is when it's opened up by a great director and a great company. Jeremy Irons
Great Director Wonderful Remember Great Director Alive Dream Brook Seeing Pretty Shakespeare Opened How Up Theatrical Realized Company Peter Suddenly Early Night
Mathematicians are always playing tricks on each other. They're always pulling jokes on each other. Jeremy Irons
Jokes Other Tricks Always Mathematicians Each Playing Pulling
Actors often behave like children, and so we're taken for children. I want to be grown up. Jeremy Irons
Taken Like Up Behave Often Children Want Grown Actor Grown-Up
What I try to do as an actor is constantly find that, find ways to risk, find opportunities to fall on my face if it's going to be worth it, and then maybe I'll surprise myself. Jeremy Irons
Myself Worth Opportunities Try Face Fall Ways Worth It Find Constantly Risk Surprise Going Maybe Then Actor
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. Jeremy Irons
Success Saying Failure Field Constantly Parameters Risk Nevertheless Even Desire
Now in my theater training I showed no aptitude at all. Jeremy Irons
Training Aptitude Theater Now
No, I don't believe in hard work. If something is hard, leave it. Let it come to you. Let it happen. Jeremy Irons
Work Hard Work You Believe Something Come Leave Happen Hard
I was the youngest. The yule lamb. The one who always got away without doing the washing up. My sister was four years older, and my brother six years. Jeremy Irons
Sister Older Brother Without Always Got Doing Years Up Six Lamb Youngest Who Washing Away Four
I was not naturally intellectual, but somebody whose interest had to be whetted, still the case sadly. Jeremy Irons
Somebody Case Had Sadly Still Intellectual Interest Naturally Whose
I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don't take on characteristics which are very alien to me. Jeremy Irons
Character Me Alien Think Character Actor Characteristics Would Take Very Which Actor
However, I wasn't very good at the sciences, or didn't have a lot of help in the sciences or something but certainly didn't set science for my A level. And when I came to take my A levels I didn't get a good enough result to go to University. Jeremy Irons
Good Science Result Enough Something Take Sciences Came Go However Lot Very Get Certainly Help Level Levels Set University
Godspell was a good leap for me, it was a good shop window. Jeremy Irons
Good Me Window Leap Shop Shop Window
Because I'm now successful, what I'm being offered as an actor is more and more of the same. Jeremy Irons
More More And More Because Offered Same Being Successful Now Actor
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