“I was educated in a private school in England amongst people who had been trained for sort of banking or the Army or business. As I came towards the end of my education, I thought I must find something or I'll never meet any of these people again.” PeopleEndsSchoolArmyEnglandEducatedBankingPrivate School Author:Jeremy Irons
“I get bored very easily, so I love doing different things, changing, doing a job for a month and then doing another one for six months and then moving into a different group of people. I love being able to stop. That's one of the greatest benefits we have in our profession.” PeopleDifferentAbleJobsMovingLove IsGroupsMonthsSixBenefitsProfessionBoredDifferent ThingsSix MonthsThings Change Author:Jeremy Irons
“To be an actor you need various things. You need to have a head for choosing the roles. You have to be, hopefully, easy to work with so people enjoy working with you. You have to deal with missing roles, with not being asked to work, with doing good work and then being castigated by the critics for it. You have to have a skin that can deal with all of that. I, fortunately, seem to have the makeup which allows me to deal with the business. I mean, not as everybody.” PeopleNeedsMeanSeemsActorsEasyEnjoyDealsRolesMissingSkinsCriticsVariousHopefullyMakeupGood WorkDoing Good Author:Jeremy Irons
“I find what I call the [bleep] side of the industry very difficult. You won't see me at other peoples' premiers. I mean, I go to my own premiers because I have to help my film, but I don't enjoy that whole side of it. I don't enjoy celebrityhood. I love getting a seat in a restaurant. I love it when people say hi when I don't know them. I mean, that's fine, but apart from that, I like the elements of celebrityhood which make living in the world like living in your own village.” PeopleKnowsWorldMeanWholeHelpingFilmEnjoyDifficultSidesMy OwnFineIndustryElementsRestaurantsSeatsVillage Author:Jeremy Irons
“The great thing about acting is, because you're constantly playing other characters and exploring yourself because you have to find those other characters in yourself, you sort of broaden as a person over your life because you've been other people. So you can empathize with many different sorts of people. It's great in that way and I hope, therefore, as you get older as an actor, you not only get more interesting because you lived more, but you get a bit wiser as a person.” PeopleWayPersonsDifferentCharacterActorsBitsInterestingActingGreat ThingsOver YouWiserExploring Author:Jeremy Irons
“I certainly play people on the edge quite a lot. I am interested in what makes people odd and what makes them different. In life I try to play the edges. I have a horror of the herd. There are many, many different sorts of people. A lot of people are fairly uninteresting. I want to play the interesting ones. The villains are always more interesting to portray. Shakespeare knew that.” PeopleWantTryingDifferentPlayInterestingHorrorEdgesOddVillainHerds Author:Jeremy Irons
“I'm a complete libertarian. I think it's very, very dangerous. I really mean that. I think the smoking ban is a tip of an iceberg of society - the leaders of society telling us how to be. I think it's not their business. It's an attitude where the governors think, 'We know what's best for people, and they're so stupid that they would only not do it if we ban it.'” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsMeanAttitudeLeaderDangerousStupidLibertarianSmokingGovernorsReally MeanBansIceberg Author:Jeremy Irons
“I think I'm probably an assassin and not a Templar, but no doubt we're probably run by people with Templar mentalities.” PeopleThinkingRunningDoubtNo DoubtMentalityAssassinsTemplars Author:Jeremy Irons
“There are a group of people who are managing the world to their advantage and who just look to the rest of us as people who will buy their products and fund their salaries.” PeopleWorldLooksGroupsProductsAdvantageFundSalary Author:Jeremy Irons
“The fact is that in England so many of our politicians are career politicians - they've always been politicians since they left their education. And in the old days of course politicians used to be fish mongers or doctors or whatever. They'd lived life. These days, power seems to go to the hands of people that that's all they've done. And I'm not sure that's a good thing, because it does remove them from the realities of life.” PeopleDoneRealityPoliticianGood ThingsReality Of LifeNot Sure Author:Jeremy Irons
“You look worldwide for the great leaders, and they're pretty thin on the ground, and of course the problem is unless you're squeaky, squeaky clean, something is going to come out of the cupboard. Most people aren't squeaky clean. Most people have fallen by the wayside once or twice in their lives, and because the world is so transparent now, I think they're very fearful of running for office. It's a huge shame, because often people who have really lived and are amazing people can be brought down by a past indiscretion.” PeopleThinkingWorldProblemRunningPastLeaderOfficeShameFallenFearfulGreat LeaderAmazing People Author:Jeremy Irons
“Most people are robust. If a man puts his hand on a woman’s bottom, any woman worth her salt can deal with it. It is communication. Can’t we be friendly?” PeopleIfsMenHandsDealsCommunicationBottomFriendlySaltRobustWoman Worth Author:Jeremy Irons
“And trust, yes, which is important, but that is what I aim towards. Now that is difficult for some people, and with that desire to get things as good as possible, I would say that I’m probably regarded as quite prickly to work with.” PeopleImportantDesireDifficultAim Author:Jeremy Irons
“And whenever I'm in a situation where I'm wearing the same as 600 other people and doing the same thing as 600 other people, looking back, I always found ways to make myself different, whether it be having a red lining inside of my jacket, having red shoes, it hasn't changed.” PeopleWayDifferentFoundSituationChangedRedShoesLooking BackJacketsRed Shoes Author:Jeremy Irons
“I liked the theater. I liked the people. I liked the time that we worked.” PeopleTheater Author:Jeremy Irons
