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24 quotes by Jim Broadbent

James "Jim" Broadbent (born 24 May 1949) is an English film, television and theatre actor. He is best known for his roles in Topsy-Turvy (1999), Iris (2001) for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Moulin Rouge! (2001) for which he received the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Bridget Jones' Diary (2001), Hot Fuzz (2007), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), The Iron Lady (2011), Cloud...
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People smile at me as if they know me. I just smile back. They probably might know me.

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I like reflecting the culture I understand best, spotting the idiosyncrasies of British people and revealing them to an audience in a way that amuses... →

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In today's politics, it would be good to have politicians who are more upfront about what they felt and actually not trying to bend with every... →

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

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I like being able to go to the supermarket and go on the Tube and have an ordinary domestic life. I'd hate to have to protect myself. I'm... →

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When you research someone, you actually get beyond your own preconceptions and become aware of the human being other than the image. You become... →

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I think we all have a selfish gene which rises to the top, sometimes. But then we're also all capable of a sudden magnanimity.

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

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I never was a great Thatcher fan, and it wasn't a sad day in my life when she resigned.

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

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A make-up artist I know polished her Oscar and it lost its lustre. But if you don't polish it, it doesn't tarnish.

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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... →

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I haven't got a writer's discipline.

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