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I know I'm regarded as an establishment figure, but I was crucified by the establishment for 'Oh! What a Lovely War', 'Gandhi' and 'Cry Freedom.'

~Richard Attenborough

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Irreverence is an essential part of our culture.

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The family is the focal point of our existence. And up until Jane and Lucy's death, there were always 16 of us together for Christmas.

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I adored my mother. I absolutely adored her and admired her.

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My family were liberal with a small 'l' but passionately doers. I wanted to be a doer.

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I'm not a pyrotechnical director; I'm not good with all those innovative things. What I am interested in is how actors can touch the heads and hearts of an audience.

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There are things I want to say: They are very important to me, and, not being a writer, I do it through movies.

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I lived in an atmosphere where Mama brought 60 Basque refugee children to England during the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s.

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'E.T.' depended absolutely on the concept of cinema, and I think that Steven Spielberg, who I'm very fond of, is a genius.

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'Gandhi' was a well-made film but surely not my best. It had flaws, which I understand two-and-a-half decades after I directed it. I will never call it a propaganda film for the Indian Congress, but it could have been made better had I concentrated on certain minute details.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Actor

Born: August 29th, 1923

Died: August 24th, 2014

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