Charles Dance quotes

It's a question of keeping one's eyes and ears open and watching how other people play the game. They're watching me too, to see what my attitude is like. (Charles Dance)
You have to attempt to be objective about yourself. View quote
Charles Dance
When you get to a certain age, the work begins to thin out. View quote
Charles Dance
Your senses are reeling all the time. Finally you find something to write and the very next day you go out and see something else which totally contradicts what you've written and every conclusion you've come to. View quote
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I'm playing one of the principal roles, which gives you more clout and more confidence. View quote
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You have to be selfish to be an actor. View quote
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If I talk about Charles Dance I am talking about something else, something I operate and wind up and have to make an impression with and use to transmit someone else's screenplay. View quote
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A car to pick me up every day, a chair with my name on it, everybody being very polite... what can you do except sit back and watch it all, try to take it all in? View quote
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Most films are written and made with a hero around 35, or even 25. View quote
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A handful of older, romantic leading men, like Sean Connery, Jack Nicholson, and Robert Redford are still landing parts. View quote
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I mostly play old period songs, as they suit a ukulele more. I bought it when I saw the tribute concert to George Harrison. Joe Brown came on and sang 'I'll See You In My Dreams,' and there wasn't a dry eye in the house. (Charles Dance)
Politics is the most corrupt profession on Earth, no matter where you are. View quote
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We had five goats, two dogs, a cat and racks of commentaries on Shakespeare. View quote
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I've never been one for late nights, which is why I have always preferred making films to theatre. A play takes over your life: you start to feel sick at lunchtime and by mid-afternoon you're wishing for a bomb scare so the whole thing will be called off. Of course, if the evening goes well and you get the applause then it's wonderful. We're a strange bunch, we actors. View quote
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If I was to put a little flag in everywhere I've been in the world, there'd be a lot of little flags. View quote
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I was a window dresser for Burton's once. What really put me off was the area manager coming round and saying, Charles, I think you're a natch at this. View quote
Charles Dance