The 62+ Jeremy Irons Quotes

I'm A Complete Libertarian. I Think It's Very, Very Dangerous. I Really Mean That. I Think The Smoking Ban Is A Tip Of An Iceberg Of Society - The Leaders Of Society Telling Us How To Be. I Think It's Not Their Business. It's An Attitude Where The Governors Think, 'we Know What's Best For People, And They're So Stupid That They Would Only Not Do It If We Ban It.'

Godspell Was A Good Leap For Me, It Was A Good Shop Window.

My Father Was A Cpa. He Worked Hard In The Aircraft Industry, And Would Come Home More And More Infrequently. He Was About To Leave My Mother, Which He Did When I Was 15.

Now In My Theater Training I Showed No Aptitude At All.

I Think I Would Not Be Described As A Character Actor In That I Don't Take On Characteristics Which Are Very Alien To Me.

What I Try To Do As An Actor Is Constantly Find That, Find Ways To Risk, Find Opportunities To Fall On My Face If It's Going To Be Worth It, And Then Maybe I'll Surprise Myself.

I Had Done A Fair Bit Of Traveling During The Holidays In My School Days With My Guitar And Discovered That I Could Live On It. Admittedly, I Traveled With A Sleeping Bag But I Could Always Find Somewhere To Lay My Head.

It's Always Great To Play A Man Who Sets Himself Up To Be Punctured.

The Sad Thing About Any Business I Suppose, But In Mine You See It Particularly, Is That You’re Always Asked To Do What You’ve Already Done.

It's Always Useful To Be In Big Movies For One's Career.

I've Always Thought Of Characters Like Advent Calendars. You Have Christmas And You Have All The Little Doors Over The Windows And Every Day You're Allowed To Open One More As It Gets Towards Christmas And You See More And More About What's Inside That House.i Remember As A Kid Being Fascinated By That And I've Always Thought Of My Character As A Little Bit Like That. I Like To Have Secrets And Slowly Let Those Secrets Out To The Audience, Sometimes Never Let Them Out, But Let Them See As You Open The Shutters, Open And See A Little Bit More Of A Character.

You Look Worldwide For The Great Leaders, And They're Pretty Thin On The Ground, And Of Course The Problem Is Unless You're Squeaky, Squeaky Clean, Something Is Going To Come Out Of The Cupboard. Most People Aren't Squeaky Clean. Most People Have Fallen By The Wayside Once Or Twice In Their Lives, And Because The World Is So Transparent Now, I Think They're Very Fearful Of Running For Office. It's A Huge Shame, Because Often People Who Have Really Lived And Are Amazing People Can Be Brought Down By A Past Indiscretion.