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12 quotes by Alan Bates

Sir Alan Arthur Bates, CBE (17 February 1934 – 27 December 2003) was an English actor who came to prominence in the 1960s, a time of high creativity in British cinema, when he appeared in films ranging from the popular children's story Whistle Down the Wind to the "kitchen sink" drama A Kind of Loving. He is also known for his performance with Anthony Quinn in Zorba the Greek, as well as his roles in King of Hearts, Georgy Girl, Far From the...
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I've never believed much in that holding hands kind of love. I've always thought that love is about two different personalities trying to... →

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Occasionally I do things against my inner voice, but you really should go for the thing that touches you most-even if you don't quite know why it... →

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I think that can happen, that two people can love each other and not be able to get on at all.

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You've got to have steel in you somewhere.

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I do believe in living out your own time, unless it's absolutely impossible, which it is for some people.

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An emotional performance is usually more instinctive to an actor.

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I think actors are privileged. Acting feeds you.

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No film should try to follow a trend, and do what film people think the public wants. There's no such thing as knowing what the public wants.

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People ask, how do you cope, and all I can say is that you do.

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You can't always go by the book, even in comedy.

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I have always tried to work according to what affects me, to a script that I like because it touches me in some way, without deliberately pursuing a... →

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You can time a part perfectly and play it badly. And some people have very individual offbeat timing, which is their own. It works simply because... →

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