Quotes by 'Jim Broadbent'

Jim Broadbent

James "Jim" Broadbentis an English actor, voice artist, and comedian...

helping-others thinking actors

I'm not that comfortable with actors receiving honours, partly because I think they ought to go to those who really help others.

real responsibility way

If you're playing any real person, live or dead, you certainly have a responsibility to produce that reputation in some way.

acting sound ridiculous

It's fatal to talk about acting. It sounds faintly ridiculous if you start analysing it.

selfish thinking careers

Oh, I think I've been entirely selfish with my career. I've done what I wanted to do, and not put myself out for anyone else particularly.

coalitions

I see myself as a small 'l' liberal, but not coalition liberal, necessarily.

would-be world rouge

The world would be a duller place without Moulin Rouge.

character done different

I do always like to do things I haven't done before, so I'm always looking out for things in a different genre, or a different sort of character.

london facts

In fact I'd like to go back and live in Shakespeare's London.

character hollywood-films lines

In Hollywood films everything is tidied up at the end with clean lines and clean character definitions. It's sort of unsatisfying.

pale angst

You can't be angsty all day or else it becomes a sort of pale angst.

delight stressful blockbuster

To do a blockbuster that isn't stressful is a delight.

ideas people might

Other people have a much better idea of what I might do than I.

storyline

I love a really good storyline.

giving age aging

We seem to have reached the age where life stops giving us things and starts taking them away.