“England must have the mask of Christian peaceableness [peacefulness] torn publicly from her face... Our consuls in Turkey and India, agents, etc. must inflame the whole Muslim world to wild revolt against this hateful, lying, conscienceless people of hagglers. For even if we are to be bled to death, at least England shall lose India.” PeopleIfsWorldWholeChristianFacesLyingLosesIndiaEnglandAgentsEtcMaskTornTurkeysHatefulRevoltPeacefulnessMuslim World Author:Wilhelm II
“I'd lived in LA for two years and I said to my agent that I wouldn't do any more network TV, because my family and I had just made the decision to live in England. It would be a whole year in LA shooting network TV.” YearsMadeSaidTwoWholeWould BeDecisionTvsMy FamilyEnglandAgentsShootingTwo YearsWhole Year Author:Damian Lewis
“What's difficult for American audiences is that they're used to a system here where you can get an actor for five years or even seven, and that is signed for at the audition. Whereas in England, no agent will give you an actor for more than three years.” GivingYearsUsedThreeActorsDifficultAudienceFiveEnglandSevenAgentsFive YearsThree YearsAuditions Author:Julian Fellowes
“I came first to America in 1977 at the invitation of a man who wanted to make my life story into a musical. But my agent said it was not to be and it was never done. So I went back, but I'd seen New York, and I wanted to live there. Because everybody talks to you in the street. See, nobody talks to you in England.” MenFirstsSaidDoneStoriesWantedAmericaStreetsNew YorkEnglandMusicalAgentsInvitationsLife Story Author:Quentin Crisp
“My agent tells me I am drawing the largest salary ever paid in the halls of England. Wonderful, isn't it? for a quiet, rural gardener like myself.” WonderfulQuietEnglandPaidDrawingAgentsHallsSalaryGardener Author:Lillie Langtry
“No, I chose the name Jane Seymour because I was doing my first film, 'Ode to Lovely War,' and one of the top agents in England spotted me dancing in the chorus. I was a singer and dancer in that movie with Maggie Smith, um, and he told me he couldn't sell me as Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg.” FirstsWarFilmNamesEnglandSellsDancingSingersLovelyAgentsDancerJaneChorusJoyceMaggieOdes Author:Jane Seymour
“Throughout the first half of the nineteenth century, the (Rothschild) brothers conducted important transactions on behalf of the governments of England, France, Prussia, Austria, Belgium, Spain, Naples, Portugal, Brazil, various German states and smaller countries. They were the personal bankers of many of the crowned heads of Europe. They made large investments, through agents, in markets as distant as the United States, India, Cuba and Australia.” WorldFirstsMadeImportantCountryStatesGovernmentUnitedHalfUnited StatesCenturyBrotherEuropeIndiaEnglandInvestmentVariousAgentsFranceAustraliaBehalfSpainBankersCubaNineteenth CenturyNew World OrderBrazilTransactionsBelgiumPortugalAustriaPrussiaNaplesRothschild Author:G. Edward Griffin
“My agent had told me that he was going to make me the Janet Gaynor of England—I was going to play all the sweet roles. Whereupon, at the tender age of thirteen, I set upon the path of playing nothing but hookers.” PlayAgeRolesPathSweetEnglandAgentsThirteen Author:Ida Lupino