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" I do not want to see a society where, should I ever have any, my granddaughters have their fingernails pulled out because they are wearing nail varnish. "

John Rhys-Davies

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" To be an actor for 30-odd years trying to become recognized, and to end up playing a full prosthetic and a character 3 foot 9', or something like that, is... well, it just shows that you can get actors to do anything. "

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" Faith is not a rational thing, and yet to understand the universe, rationality alone will not give it to us. Our understanding of the universe must transcend the rational. "

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" I am a believer in the evolutionary process, and yet I have sympathy for the friends of mine who are creationists. I don't find the positions incompatible. "

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" In the film world, we can all be heroes. In the real world, where heroism can cost you your life or the life of the ones you love, people aren't so willing to make those sacrifices. When they do, they are set apart from the rest of us. "

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" When you think about a walking tree, laughter is the response. "

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" Many do not understand how precarious Western civilization is and what a joy it is. From it, we get real democracy. From it, we get the sort of intellectual tolerance that allows me to propound something that may be completely alien to you. "

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" With a bad script and even the best cast, the most you can hope for is to turn a sow's ear into a silk purse. "

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" It's not hard to get people to take a premise and accept it. "

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" 'Indiana Jones' wasn't physically tough, but they are the only two films I've ever been ill on. On 'The Last Crusade,' I got sciatica. That's when the sciatic nerve, which goes through the funny hole in your pelvis down your leg, swells and rubs against the nerves. "

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" When you've opened your heart to a child as you have to, there's always the fear that you may discover that the child is not viable. Losing that child is not a position you want to find yourself in. "

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" Unkindness is quite a major sin. "

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" If I had a bloody tattoo for every film I'd done, I'd be a walking billboard. "

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" The most despised sector of Hollywood are the writers. A good writer is quickly promoted to a 'concept man' - and then a producer - because he's too valuable to simply be a writer. "

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" My parents were always Welsh-speaking and very proud of Wales. "

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" Sometimes a writer just needs a hook. "

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" I think I have more stamps in my passport than most stamp collectors have in their collections. "

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" No one should be allowed to stand for Parliament without proof that he has taken responsibility for other people. "

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" The script of 'Shogun' was so tight that you could not take a word out of a sentence, you could not take a sentence out of a scene, and you certainly couldn't take out a scene without putting ripples right through the back or the front of the overall story. "

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" Just think about it: in every shop in the reading world since 1956, there has been two feet of book-space devoted to Tolkien. "

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" Actors are always looking for actor-proof parts. A part so good you can't screw it up! "

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" There is a demographic catastrophe happening in Europe that nobody wants to talk about, that we daren't bring up because we are so cagey about not offending people racially. "

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" People have become disillusioned with Parliament, and that threatens democracy. "

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" Films are fun, but life is much richer. "

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" I've always been attracted to films which explore the qualities of courage. "

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" A solitary child growing up in Africa, you're really quite dependent on books. "

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" I'm a little smarter than most. "

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" I think your children are your measure of success, regardless of work and career. "

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" When you get back to fundamental questions - 'Why should anything exist?' A, I'm not sure what the answer is in terms of the science, and B, I'm not sure that science can even ask that question. "

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" I think 'The Lost World' could've been a successful movie except for the fact that it pre-dated the good special effects and computer graphics. "

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" How stupid do you have to be to imagine that you can turn 'The Lord Of The Rings' into a film script? "

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