“I'm just a hired actor who was hired for a particular job, but I think one of the joys of reading the script was the way that the personal and the global are woven together.” ThinkingWayTogetherJobsJoyReadingActorsParticularScriptsWovenJoy Of Reading Author:Jeremy Northam
“My dad served in the Air Force as ground crew for several years, and doesn't really talk about it. I know that it's there. I think my main thing about direct or indirect experiences as near to home as it were is the idea of self-sacrifice really.” ThinkingKnowsYearsIdeasSelfHomeForceSacrificeAirDadDirectMy DadCrewSelf SacrificeAir ForceIndirect Author:Jeremy Northam
“He has such a patronizing tone and manner, and such a sarcastic sense of humor. I found him rather brutal, a kind of elegant brutality which appealed. No, I think he came pretty much off the page.” ThinkingKindHumorFoundPagesToneSarcasticSense Of HumorBrutalElegantBrutalityPatronizing Author:Jeremy Northam
“I don't have the energy or the mental security to get involved with all that. I think it's a good idea to be able to disappear into the story, so that the first thing the audience sees isn't you, but the part.” ThinkingFirstsIdeasStoriesAbleEnergyAudienceSecurityInvolvedDisappearGood IdeasGet Involved Author:Jeremy Northam
“I think one probably absorbs things like a sponge and things emerge without your always being aware of it.” ThinkingSponges Author:Jeremy Northam
“I was born in 1961. Now I think the 16 years that elapsed between 1961 and the end of the wars is nothing. To a child growing up it felt like an eternity, an entirely different world.” ThinkingWorldYearsChildrenDifferentWarEndsFeltBornGrowing UpGrowingEternityEnd Of The WorldDifferent WorldsChildren Growing UpGrowing Children Author:Jeremy Northam