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25 quotes by David Suchet

David Suchet, CBE (/ˈsuːʃeɪ/ SOO-shay; born 2 May 1946) is an English actor, known for his work on British stage and television. He played Edward Teller in the TV serial Oppenheimer and received the RTS and BPG awards for his performance as Augustus Melmotte in the 2001 British serial The Way We Live Now. For his role as Agatha Christie's detective Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie's Poirot he received a 1991 British Academy of Film and...
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When I was 16, I played Macbeth at school and my English teacher said, 'I think you may have acting talent. Try to get into the National Youth... →

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Although I'm a very emotional man, I just can't have blind faith; I have to find out for myself.

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I'm never bored, never ever bored. If I've got a day off I'll sit in a cafe and watch and observe. I'm a great observer.

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I'm not an evangelist Christian at all. I can't try to convert anybody. It's not in me to do that. But my faith has given me such an... →

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I'm three-quarters Russian, so I've always felt an outsider. But I don't think you can be in a play with John Of Gaunt's 'This... →

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I think it's very dangerous, the idea of celebrity - you have to be constantly controversial to maintain the status of celebrity. Reality TV is... →

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I've always been short and stocky. So when I got into repertory theatre after graduation, I found myself doing character roles: because of my... →

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When I was 16, I made some little 35mm documentaries about the poor in London. I went round Notting Hill, which was a real slum in the 1950s... →

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A successful swindler has to be a great salesman even more than a great actor.

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I was a typical teen growing up in the 1960s, when everybody was into gurus and meditation.

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I became fascinated by the fact that people write to give away rather than write to be read. It's the difference between playwrights and... →

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That's the thing about film acting and television acting. You just release yourself and do what is true for the moment, and ignore everybody and... →

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When I was 18 and not sure whether I wanted to be an actor, I realised that a playwright has no voice without an actor. That's my reason for... →

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