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I think New York audiences are some of the brightest in the world, and certainly the most enthusiastic.

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You put anyone in the outfit, and they look like Gandalf. Not that clever.

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If I have any audience, they can know that anything I am in, I would go see, with the expectation of being really satisfied.

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I love working in New York.

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The strength of British theatre should be that these actors in their middle years know what they're doing and are good at it. Not rich, not famous, but making a living.

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I got better as an actor, and still I'm getting better. That's only been possible because there's always been work.

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Why do you act? You act for an audience. In the theatre, you're in their presence. Film stars don't know what it is to have an audience.

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I've always had very catholic tastes.

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'Lord of the Rings' was about saving the world, big time, big duties.

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Before I ever acted as an amateur - which I did a great deal at school and at university - I used to go to the theater with my parents in the north of England, where I was born and brought up... Theater of all sorts.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Actor

Born: May 25th, 1939

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