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" The theatre starts every night at half past seven, and I like the rhythm of going to the theatre, parking the car, going to the stage door; I've grown up with all of that. I'd love to do more theatre - I mean, I shouldn't be telling the world that I can't remember lines any more, but I find it more and more difficult, so I don't know. "

Michael Gambon

Night

Door

Car

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Lazy

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Action

Bored

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Love

Heart

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" Theater actors are just tolerated. You have to be a movie star to be a celebrity. "

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" I am a theatre actor, but the last ten years I've taken parts in movies because it keeps me in money. "

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" There are more important ways of earning a living, aren't there? Like being a neurosurgeon. But some plays are very important, aren't they? "

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Earning

Living

" I fell in love with Alan Ayckbourn the day I met him and, starting with 'The Norman Conquests,' went on to do eight plays with him. He tells you just what you want to know and has a brilliant way of solving problems. "

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Boy

Bored

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" I see film roles as lovely presents that come along now and again. I feel really lucky and say thank you very much. And if they fly me to L.A., I think, 'God, I must really be doing well.' I've worked with De Niro and Brando and Pacino, and that's made me feel very lucky. But the films have never meant a lot to me. "

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Fly

God

" I've had a private pilot's license for years and flown all round the U.K. and over to France. "

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