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

John Rhys-Davies

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" I count myself a a rationalist and a skeptic with a very conscious awareness of my indebtedness to Western Christian civilization, and I am a fairly passionate defender of it. "

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" I like heroes, and would like to be a hero myself. I suppose we all want that. "

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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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" 'Shogun' was a mini-series, so even though it went on television, we filmed it like a movie. "

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" Given the fact that I have a family and responsibilities, it's the mark of a man to find the courage to do what is right in the face of oppressive evil. "

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" Hollywood is a far safer place to work than working abroad, because of the skill level, and because of the safety considerations that experience and unionization have created. "

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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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" I love a good safari. "

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

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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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" Basically, theater or film is a dangerous industrial environment. "

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" Villains are a lot of fun. My villains have a lot of tongue-in-cheek. They are sometimes conscious of and a little bit gleeful of their villainy. "

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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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" Once you've got a child to the point that they've discovered books, they're safe. There's a world of the imagination that when they're hurt or upset, they can move into, and it is wonderful. "

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

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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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" Sometimes you learn more from films that aren't terribly successful and, indeed, sometimes you learn more from real disasters than you do from the ones that succeed. "

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" I have a lot of respect for aspects of Islam, but I would not choose to live in a theocratically organised Muslim society. "

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