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I've never believed much in that holding hands kind of love. I've always thought that love is about two different personalities trying to confront life, trying to make sense of their responsibilities, to themselves, to each other, and to the wider society.

~Alan Bates

Topics: About Always Believed Confront Different Different Personalities Each Hands Holding Holding Hands Kind Life Love Love Is Make Much Never Other Personalities Responsibilities Sense Society Themselves Thought Trying Two Wider

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You've got to have steel in you somewhere.

~Alan Bates

Topics: Got Somewhere Steel You

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Occasionally I do things against my inner voice, but you really should go for the thing that touches you most-even if you don't quite know why it does.

~Alan Bates

Topics: Against Does Go Inner Inner Voice Know Occasionally Quite Really Should Thing Things Voice Why You

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An emotional performance is usually more instinctive to an actor.

~Alan Bates

Topics: Actor Emotional Instinctive More Performance

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I do believe in living out your own time, unless it's absolutely impossible, which it is for some people.

~Alan Bates

Topics: Absolutely Believe Impossible Living Out Own People Some Some People Time Unless Which Your

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I have always tried to work according to what affects me, to a script that I like because it touches me in some way, without deliberately pursuing a commercial career or a particular image.

~Alan Bates

Topics: According Affects Always Because Career Commercial Deliberately Image Like Me Particular Pursuing Script Some Tried Way Without Work

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I think actors are privileged. Acting feeds you.

~Alan Bates

Topics: Acting Actor Feeds Privileged Think You I Think

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I think that can happen, that two people can love each other and not be able to get on at all.

~Alan Bates

Topics: Able Each Get Happen Love Other People Think Two Two People I Think

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No film should try to follow a trend, and do what film people think the public wants. There's no such thing as knowing what the public wants.

~Alan Bates

Topics: Film Follow Knowing People Public Should Thing Think Trend Try Wants

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People ask, how do you cope, and all I can say is that you do.

~Alan Bates

Topics: Ask Cope How People Say You I Can

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Actor

Born: February 17th, 1934

Died: December 27th, 2003

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