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" Most films are written and made with a hero around 35, or even 25. "
Charles Dance
Written
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" If I talk about Charles Dance I am talking about something else, something I operate and wind up and have to make an impression with and use to transmit someone else's screenplay. "
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" Power is always a corrupting influence. "
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" When you get to a certain age, the work begins to thin out. "
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" I don't like watching television too much; it tires me out for some reason. But I saw a fair bit of 'Game of Thrones' because it was so good. I mostly watched episodes that I wasn't in. "
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" If I was to put a little flag in everywhere I've been in the world, there'd be a lot of little flags. "
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" It's a question of keeping one's eyes and ears open and watching how other people play the game. They're watching me too, to see what my attitude is like. "
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" Politics is the most corrupt profession on Earth, no matter where you are. "
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" I'm playing one of the principal roles, which gives you more clout and more confidence. "
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" I phoned this number and said, Please, sir, I want to be an actor. "
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" You have to attempt to be objective about yourself. "
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" I've got a range as an actor! There was a time I played dramatic leading men. "
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" A while ago, I did a television adaptation of 'Bleak House,' and the character I played, as far as I was concerned, had no redeeming features whatsoever. I wasn't about to try to find any; I didn't need to. "
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" We had five goats, two dogs, a cat and racks of commentaries on Shakespeare. "
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" I'm riddled with cynicism. Whenever anyone says 'trust me,' the hairs go up on the back of my neck. "
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" If you get a bad script, then you start expending energy trying to make a silk purse of a sow's ear. When the script's as good as those on 'Game of Thrones,' say, I don't think there was a single occasion where any of us thought there was a bad scene. "
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Think
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" A car to pick me up every day, a chair with my name on it, everybody being very polite... what can you do except sit back and watch it all, try to take it all in? "
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Me
Day
Name
" You have to be selfish to be an actor. "
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Actor
Selfish
" We have to take risks in British television. It has to stop playing to the lowest common denominator and patronising people. "
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Playing
People
" My face lends itself to austere characters, and unless they're two-dimensional, I will do them. Any actor will tell you that an interesting villain is much more interesting to play. "
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Face
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You
" I love the Restoration. It's a bit like coming out of the John Major era into the optimism of Tony Blair. "
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Out
Optimism
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" I was a window dresser for Burton's once. What really put me off was the area manager coming round and saying, Charles, I think you're a natch at this. "
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Manager
Me
Saying
" Your senses are reeling all the time. Finally you find something to write and the very next day you go out and see something else which totally contradicts what you've written and every conclusion you've come to. "
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You
See
Find
" A handful of older, romantic leading men, like Sean Connery, Jack Nicholson, and Robert Redford are still landing parts. "
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Men
Like
Jack
" We need to look to our laurels a bit with television in this country. I don't think enough risks are being taken in drama television in the U.K., and I think a lot of programme makers are underestimating the intelligence of the viewing public, basing it all on ratings. "
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