“In Hollywood films everything is tidied up at the end with clean lines and clean character definitions. It's sort of unsatisfying.” EndsCharacterFilmLinesHollywoodCleanDefinitionsHollywood Films Author:Jim Broadbent
“I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the hair shirt which scratches his belly.” HairShirtsBellyScratches Author:Gustave Flaubert
“It's fatal to talk about acting. It sounds faintly ridiculous if you start analysing it.” IfsSoundActingRidiculousAnalysing Author:Jim Broadbent
“Oh, I think I've been entirely selfish with my career. I've done what I wanted to do, and not put myself out for anyone else particularly.” ThinkingDoneWantedCareersSelfish Author:Jim Broadbent
“Other people have a much better idea of what I might do than I.” PeopleIdeasMight Author:Jim Broadbent
“The films I enjoy seeing are those that reveal lives I was unaware of... in different cultures or whatever.” DifferentFilmCultureEnjoySeeingDifferent Cultures Author:Jim Broadbent
“We've all got a black book of missed opportunities.” BookOpportunityBlackMissed OpportunityBlack Books Author:Jim Broadbent
“You can't be angsty all day or else it becomes a sort of pale angst.” PaleAngst Author:Jim Broadbent
“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 quite lucky that I can carry on without any intrusions. I don't get given a hard time by anyone.” I CanHardAbleHateGivenGoes OnLuckyProtectOrdinaryHard TimesTubesSupermarketsIntrusionDomestic Life Author:Jim Broadbent