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“f they'd been working with Alec Guinness, for instance, they wouldn't have known they were born if they'd not towed the line!”

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Alan Bennett

Alan Bennett, a British playwright, screenwriter, and actor, was born on May 9, 1934. Known for his humor and satire, his works include 'The History Boys' and 'The Lady in the Van'. more

“If, for instance, we'd made the film after the show had been to Broadway, it would have been exactly the same film but we would have been assured that they would have understood it. We didn't have to do any alterations for Broadway. I was supposed to go a fortnight before it opened to alter anything that was necessary and there was nothing really.”

Ifs Has Beens Made Shows Film Understood Instance Broadway Assured Alterations Fortnight

Author:Alan Bennett

“My experience came before most of you were born. My school was a state school in Leeds and the headmaster usually sent students to Leeds University but he didn't normally send them to Oxford or Cambridge. But the headmaster happened to have been to Cambridge and decided to try and push some of us towards Oxford and Cambridge. So, half a dozen of us tried - not all of us in history - and we all eventually got in. So, to that extent, it [The History Boys] comes out of my own experience.”

Trying Has Beens States School Born My Own Half Boys Happened Students Decided University Dozen Oxford Cambridge Leeds Headmasters

Author:Alan Bennett

“It [Cambridge] wasn't a holy grail in the sense that I'd never been to Cambridge. But then, when I did go, the contrast between Leeds, which was very black and sooty in those days, and Cambridge, which seemed like something out of a fairystory, in the grip of a hard frost, was just wonderful.”

Hard Black Wonderful Holy Contrast Like Something Frost Cambridge Holy Grail Leeds

Author:Alan Bennett

“I've never forgotten that experience. But I had nobody at school that was either like Hector or Irwin. The masters had no idea what was expected of you in the scholarship exam, so you just had to busk it really.”

Ideas School Masters Forgotten Expected No Idea Scholarship Exam Hector

Author:Alan Bennett

“I had no idea of who could play it, no notion really. Then Richard came to see us but I don't think it was decided at that meeting. The trouble is, as soon as you've chosen somebody it obscures anybody else you might have thought of. It's like going to a place that you've never been to before - you've got a picture of it and then you go there and that picture is totally wiped out by the reality.”

Thinking Ideas Play Reality Might Trouble Decided Meetings Notion Chosen No Idea

Author:Alan Bennett

“I'm not interested in playing characters who see the world through my prism. I think the journey of understanding any character is to see how they tick and how they differ from you.”

Thinking World Character Understanding Journey Not Interested Tick Prisms

Author:Cate Blanchett

“Sid [the character from 'Ice Age'] is a prehistoric sloth. Sloths move really slowly and they store food in the cheek pouches. That's where I got the voice that you hear. He had to sound as though he was storing food.”

Moving Sound Voice Stores Cheeks Sloth Prehistoric Sids

Author:John Leguizamo

“The only people that recognize me are the hardcore fans, and I always find that really flattering. I think it is super cool.”

People Thinking Fans Flattering Hardcore Super Cool

Author:Cassidy Freeman

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