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Richard Attenborough
Richard Attenborough
English Actor
Born: Aug 29, 1923
Died: Aug 24, 2014
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There are things I want to say: They are very important to me, and, not being a writer, I do it through movies. Richard Attenborough
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'E.T.' depended absolutely on the concept of cinema, and I think that Steven Spielberg, who I'm very fond of, is a genius. Richard Attenborough
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'Gandhi' was a well-made film but surely not my best. It had flaws, which I understand two-and-a-half decades after I directed it. I will never call it a propaganda film for the Indian Congress, but it could have been made better had I concentrated on certain minute details. Richard Attenborough
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Ben Kingsley was my ideal choice for Gandhi, and he really lived up to the expectations of an international audience. I did not find any Indian actor worthy to perform the role of Gandhi in the early Eighties, though there were brilliant performers like Naseeruddin Shah in India. Richard Attenborough
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I want to be remembered as a storyteller. Richard Attenborough
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The problem is, you see, I've just got so many subjects I want to direct. Richard Attenborough
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We used to indulge hopelessly as a family at Christmas. When the children were little, I dressed up as Father Christmas. They knew it was a gag, but they loved it. I remember stealing into their bedrooms at 1 A.M. and filling the stockings up at the end of the bed. Richard Attenborough
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I always wanted to make films that might change or at least focus people's views. Richard Attenborough
Change People Focus Films Make Always Least Wanted Might Views
I don't use film in the way that the great auteurs do. I use film, the camera, to record as effectively and as perceptive as I am able what I want to say through the actors. Richard Attenborough
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I'm simply saying that heroes are people whose activities, whose attitudes, and whose judgment you just think, 'Wow. That's good. That's right. That's real.' Richard Attenborough
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If you are playing in 'Charley's Aunt,' and your favourite aunt died that lunchtime, you'll still have to go on the stage and play 'Charley's Aunt.' Richard Attenborough
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