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“Any time, any place, any where. He's not called Doctor Martini, is he?”
“You know, the Elizabethans thought nostalgia was a diagnosable disease. Perhaps they were right.”
“You can always expect tragedy as well as adventure; that's just how it goes.”
“Benedict is bumbly, sweet, affable; the nicest man you've met.”
“One man's fish is another man's poisson.”
“It was all quite ghastly and I was very fond of it.”
“If not exactly raging against the dying of the light, I was at least a little cross with it.”
“All pleasure should be a little bent, don't you think?”
“I love going to galleries, particularly the National Portrait Gallery.”
“At school I briefly wanted to be a palaeontologist, but I was no good at chemistry and physics.”
“It's a cliche, but it's true that all the fun lies in baddies, grotesques and comic roles.”
“I always wanted to do Restoration comedy. It seems like so much fun.”
“I am a gay man who loves James Bond films and snooker - all kinds of working-class pursuits.”
“All films speak to their times. It becomes obvious only after.”
“I'm a great believer in the beauty and the power of surprise.”
“I love the Shakespeare history plays, I love the struggle for the crown as a plot.”
“I had a girlfriend before I ever had a boyfriend, but it was just a phase.”
“The first film I can remember seeing on TV was 'The Brides of Dracula.' I was instantly hooked.”
“I don't care what other people think any more about me writing my own parts.”
“Slightly forgettable movies can sometimes make great musicals.”
“Some facts in life are immutable. One is, trust no-one who uses the word 'trope'.”
