Richard Attenborough
Richard Attenborough
Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, CBEwas an English actor, film director, film producer, entrepreneur, and politician. He was the President of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Artand the British Academy of Film and Television Arts...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth29 August 1923
CityCambridge, England
mean two care
And there are certain things, and they are evident, obviously, without being boring about it, but I mean obviously, the two evident and easy ones being Gandhi and Cry Freedom, there are things which I do care about very much and which I would like to stand up and be counted.
punishment capital-punishment has-beens
I am passionately opposed to capital punishment, and I have been all my life.
destiny views people
I just love biography, and I'm fascinated by people who have shifted our destinies or our points of view.
brave coward weapons
When asked what attribute he most admired in human nature, Mahatma Gandhi replied, simply and immediately, 'Courage'. 'Nonviolence', he said, 'is not to be used ever as the shield of the coward. It is the weapon of the brave.
important screenplays
There's nothing more important in making movies than the screenplay.
men order rights
I came from a family who believed in, in quotes, the Rights of Man, who believed that in order to justify the sort of luxurious life that the majority of us have, related to the whole world, that you had to do something.
hero believe thinking
I passionately believe in heroes, but I think the world has changed its criteria in determining who it describes as a hero.
hero believe people
I believe we need heroes...we need certain people who we can measure our own shortcomings by.