“I got the O.B.E because I represent England outside of England more...but thinking of me as an actor, I haven't done all the classical theatre, all the great roles. Think of Helen Mirren and me. Helen, who I adore, is a friend - should be Dame. I am the rebel, the revolutionary on the side.” ThinkingShouldDoneActorsSidesRolesHavensEnglandTheatreRevolutionaryRebelAdoreHelenDames Author:Charlotte Rampling
“My mother and my father had very, very strong Scots accents. We were Australian, and in those days when I was young, I spoke with a much more of an Australian accent than I have now. However I knew that if I went to England to become an actor, which I was determined to, I knew that I had to get rid of the Australian accent. We were colonials, we were Down Under somewhere, we were those little people Over There. But I was determined to become an Englishman. So I did.” PeopleIfsLittlesYoungMotherActorsFatherStrongEnglandDeterminedSpokesVery StrongAccentsAustralianEnglishmenScots Author:George Ogilvie
“I think of myself as a character actor, compared to a straight actor. I know a character actor in England is pretty much the same as in the States; you're actually hired to put on terrible teeth and stuff like that.” ThinkingKnowsStatesCharacterActorsStuffTerribleEnglandTeethCharacter Actors Author:Burn Gorman