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" An actor cannot be a censor. I'm there to interpret. "
Malcolm McDowell
Censor
Cannot
Actor
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" You can't hold back. You can't think of the subtleties of playing. You just have to get out and really bare it all, and hopefully you don't fall off the plank. And if you do, hey, pick yourself up, dust yourself down, and start all over again. "
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Fall
Down
You
" The thing is, I've never been a handsome leading-man type, so let's not kid ourselves. "
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Ourselves
Kid
Never
" Let's not get too precious about it: actors are not heart surgeons or brain surgeons. We are just entertaining people. "
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Just
People
Brain
" You've always got to work with the best if you can, and of course, the best are the best because they're different. They expect certain standards, and they're usually very difficult people to work with. "
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Work
You
Always
" My favorite actor who played villains - who could play anything, really - was Jimmy Cagney. "
Malcolm McDowell
Favorite
Play
Who
" I've tried it all. I'd love to do radio plays. I think that one should be open to everything and shouldn't limit oneself. "
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Limit
Love
Think
" I love doing every role I do! "
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Love
Role
Doing
" I like to razz the Trekkies a little bit. Who doesn't? It's trainspotting, isn't it? But they are very well-meaning, actually. I've done a couple of Star Trek conventions, and they've only been really welcoming. "
Malcolm McDowell
Only
Little
Like
" There are no great scripts - just great films. "
Malcolm McDowell
Scripts
Great
Films
" I am a professional actor, and I don't go about moralizing about what the character does. Otherwise, seriously, why be an actor? You're not making some kind of social statement. That's not what actors do. "
Malcolm McDowell
Professional
Character
I Am
" I'd love to do radio plays. I think that one should be open to everything and shouldn't limit oneself. "
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Radio
Think
Love
" It is true I'd rather get a hole in one than win an Academy Award. "
Malcolm McDowell
Win
Rather
Award
" You know, I've had an incredible career and I'm blessed. "
Malcolm McDowell
Incredible
You
Blessed
" The definition of insanity in Texas is so insane that it's impossible to be insane in Texas. "
Malcolm McDowell
Texas
Impossible
Insane
" Every university in America teaches 'Clockwork Orange.' I get fed up with it. "
Malcolm McDowell
America
Orange
University
" I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice. "
Malcolm McDowell
Genuine
Thought
Voice
" The most nurturing of directors can make you feel too comfortable, and you don't really push for that extra whatever. "
Malcolm McDowell
Comfortable
Whatever
Feel
" I just love a challenge, and always have, and will do anything to make it interesting. I'll try anything, really, as long as it's a challenge and you can have some fun doing it. "
Malcolm McDowell
Love
Long
Challenge
" Once you commit to something, you've got to commit the whole way. Try and make the best of it. "
Malcolm McDowell
Way
You
Best
" I'm from a country where acting is taken very seriously; it's a very serious profession. "
Malcolm McDowell
Country
Serious
Seriously
" If you look a little punkish, then they're going to give you the parts. And if you play an iconic villain early on in your career, you tend to get asked to play one over and over and over again. "
Malcolm McDowell
You
Look
Villain
" I think we're all a little afraid of the dark. If you lived in the country, as I did, there's nothing quite like country dark, which was really black. And as a child, your imagination runs wild. "
Malcolm McDowell
Black
Dark
Child
" Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things. "
Malcolm McDowell
Different
Things
Obvious
" I just take it as it comes, and if I'm not offered something, there's always a reason, and usually it's a pretty good one. I'm not worried about it. You know, I've had an incredible career, and I'm blessed. "
Malcolm McDowell
Career
Know
Always