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To be a character who feels a deep emotion, one must go into the memory's vault and mix in a sad memory from one's own life.

~Albert Finney

Topics: Character Deep Emotion Feels Go Life Memory Mix Must Own Sad Vault Who

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All we did in Alabama was have a read through with the script, but there was, 'No, well, it needs more. You've got to do this, Albert. You've got to do that, Jessica.' It didn't feel like that at all.

~Albert Finney

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He tells you stories, but then, after a while, when you want more, he doesn't give you more. He insists on this old elaboration, the old stories that never changes.

~Albert Finney

Topics: After Changes Give He Insists More Never Old Stories Tells Then Want While You

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I don't enter, I'm entered. It's up to someone else. It's up to them.

~Albert Finney

Topics: Else Enter Entered Someone Them Up

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I don't think that we necessarily lie. I mean, we make our living by pretending that we're someone else. I don't tell tall tales. I always tell the truth.

~Albert Finney

Topics: Always Else Lie Living Make Mean Necessarily Our Pretending Someone Tales Tall Tell Think Truth

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I haven't seen the film yet because I just got in from London. In the scenes where the two characters are bantering with each other, it is like bobbing at the net in tennis.

~Albert Finney

Topics: Because Characters Each Film Got Just Like London Net Other Scenes Seen Tennis Two Where

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I like playing accents, and doing things like that, it was fun. It was fun.

~Albert Finney

Topics: Accents Doing Fun Like Playing Things

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I mean, I did a film, a musical of 'Scrooge', in '70, and the tricks were done by flat clothes and mirrors. I hope that the day will come when we don't have to turn up at all.

~Albert Finney

Topics: Clothes Come Day Did Done Film Flat Hope Mean Mirrors Musical Tricks Turn Up Were Will I Hope That

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I think that I'm busy in the present, and I don't want to go back. Well, there's been an unauthorized biography, and you can't stop them. It didn't worry me.

~Albert Finney

Topics: Back Been Biography Busy Go Me Present Stop Them Think Want Well Worry You I Think

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I think that one of Tim's great qualities and abilities is in what seems like a thumbnail sketch to get something quite telling, very simply, when you're doing it or being in that thumbnail sketch, you don't feel that it's important.

~Albert Finney

Topics: Ability Being Doing Feel Get Great Important Like Qualities Quite Seems Simply Sketch Something Telling Think Tim Very You I Think

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Actor

Born: May 9th, 1936

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