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People always make that mistake when they talk about theatre - the notion of the 'theatrical' meaning something separate from life. If it doesn't relate to life, it doesn't relate to anything.

~Brian Cox

Topics: About Always Anything Life Make Meaning Mistake Notion People Relate Separate Something Talk Theatre Theatrical

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I didn't have this feeling that I should be a leading actor in the cinema. And I wouldn't want the responsibility of the opening weekend.

~Brian Cox

Topics: Actor Cinema Feeling Leading Opening Responsibility Should Want Weekend

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Unlike New Zealand, which has nothing especially predatory, Australia is full of spiders and crocodiles and all kinds of animals that will eat you and sting you.

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There are characters that have made me uncomfortable. I did a film called 'Rob Roy,' and I played Killearn, who was this sort of greasy fallen-angel character who was voyeuristic and sleazy and really unpleasant. It was a great role, but I didn't especially enjoy living with this awful man for the length of time it took to make the movie.

~Brian Cox

Topics: Awful Character Characters Did Enjoy Film Great Length Living Made Make Man Me Movie Played Really Rob Role Roy Sort Time Took Uncomfortable Unpleasant Who

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For me, it's just acting. It's pretending. The best actors are children, and children don't do research. You never see a child going, 'I'm wondering about my motivation here. How can I do this toy? How can I do this train? I don't feel train.'

~Brian Cox

Topics: About Acting Actor Best Child Children Feel Going Here How Just Me Motivation Never Pretending Research See Toy Train Wondering You

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The fact is that Hollywood, from as early as the sixties to the present time, has ghettoized cinema into the big industry, a marketing industry. In doing this, the audiences have lost touch with the aspects of film which were to be informative and educational and even spiritual.

~Brian Cox

Topics: Aspects Audiences Big Cinema Doing Early Educational Even Fact Film Hollywood Industry Informative Lost Marketing Present Present Time Sixties Spiritual Time Touch Were Which

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The heritage of a British actor revolves around the challenges of playing the classic roles to meet certain levels of success as an actor. In America, the heritage of an actor is based on cinema mainly.

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Topics: Actor America Around Based British Certain Challenges Cinema Classic Heritage Levels Mainly Meet Playing Revolves Roles Success

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I come from a working class community in eastern Scotland, and I've always been a populist, though not a patronising populist.

~Brian Cox

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I enjoy acting now more than I ever have. I've had lots of difficult times when I was younger, but that was all tied up with thwarted ambition. It's hard being a young actor, because you don't realise until later that it's only ever about doing the work.

~Brian Cox

Topics: About Acting Actor Ambition Because Being Difficult Difficult Times Doing Enjoy Ever Had Hard Later Lots More Now Only Realise Than Thwarted Tied Times Until Up Work You Young Young Actor Younger

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The problem is that the U.K. in essence is a feudal society. It's everyone in their place.

~Brian Cox

Topics: Essence Everyone Feudal Place Problem Society

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Biography

Nationality: Unknown

Type: Actor

Born: June 1st, 1946

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