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37 quotes by Derek Jacobi

Sir Derek George Jacobi CBE (/ˈdʒækəbi/; born 22 October 1938) is an English actor and stage director. A "forceful, commanding stage presence", Jacobi has enjoyed a highly successful stage career, appearing in such stage productions as Hamlet, Uncle Vanya, and Oedipus the King. He has twice been awarded a Laurence Olivier Award, first for his performance of the eponymous hero in Cyrano de Bergerac in 1983 and the second for his Malvolio in...
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Ultimately it's a leap of faith and a leap of imagination to put yourself back in time into those conditions and situations and see how you would... →

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One of the last episodes was all about a flood. We were working in the rain till all hours, and it was muddy and it was cold and it was damp, and it... →

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We started filming in 1993 which was only four years after the fall of communism. The difference in Budapest over the last five years has been... →

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You have to get through the Hamlet hoop as a young actor. Your classical qualifications are based on the quality of your Hamlet. And then, as an... →

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There's never been any game plan or thread through my career. It's just happened that I've ricocheted from one interesting character to... →

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Actors, I don't think, ever really grow up. I'm hoping that that rejuvenating process applies to me, too. It has so far. I've been very... →

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I am an actor and I live in the world of pretend in my working capacity. I live in the world of my imagination.

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Ellis Peters's historical detail is very accurate and very minute, and therefore is not only interesting to read but good for an actor to acquire... →

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I would like to be as fit as I've always been. I've been blessed with good health, I've been blessed with stamina. Particularly for those... →

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It's often difficult to slough off all that we've acquired, all the comforts and safety nets modern life provides for us, and realize that in... →

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What was so good about it was that the set that they originally built stayed there, and weathered over the five years. It got five summers and five... →

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He was somebody who made me think, I suppose, about the contemplative life. I've always been a city fellow, but I've often had vague thoughts... →

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I don't think he's permanently affected me except in the sense that I miss him. I miss being him. Or trying to be him. He is one of a gallery... →

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