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" I'm very, very happy with my recognition/lack of recognition in England in terms of my life. In terms of household name-age. The public's memory is very short, luckily. "

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Person

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Time

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I Am

Know

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" As a person I'm perfectly vain, I'm just vainer as an actor about my ability. My acting vanity trumps my human vanity. "

" At times, I think of my career as a map. The closer you get to the map, the more you know where you are, but the closer I get to my career, the less happy I feel. At the same time, I have carved out the career for myself which I wanted. "

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" Of course, I want to look good, as that helped me get jobs. But it didn't get me the jobs I wanted and it held me back. "

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Jobs

Good

" I don't know if the money I've earned is going to need to last me for the next few weeks or the rest of my life. "

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Life

Know

" I've always liked the idea of regularly doing a play but I was offered things which I felt were too 'celebie' and West Endy. "

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" I don't have any shame about the way I conducted my professional life. "