John Gielgud Quotes

• I am all in favour of spontaneity, providing it is carefully planned and ruthlessly controlled.

  John Gielgud

  Funny, Clever, Smart

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• Acting is half shame, half glory. Shame at exhibiting yourself, glory when you can forget yourself.

  John Gielgud

  Theatre, Acting, Half

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Ingrid Bergman speaks five languages and can’t act in any of them.

  John Gielgud

  Language, Speak, Bergman

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• Being another character is more interesting than being yourself.

  John Gielgud

  Being Yourself, Character, Interesting

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• You can be good in a good movie, you can be good in a bad movie, you can be bad in a bad movie, but never, ever, be bad in a good movie.

  John Gielgud

  Good Movie, Hollywood, Film

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• I never accept lengthy film roles nowadays, because I am always so afraid I will die in the middle of shooting and cause such awful problems.

  John Gielgud

  Age, Causes, Roles

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• One's self-image is very important because if that's in good shape, then you can do anything, or practically anything.

  John Gielgud

  Confidence, Self, Important

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• Usually one must go to a bowling alley to meet a woman of your stature.

  John Gielgud

  Bowling, Alleys, Bowling Alleys

  "Fictional character: Hobson". "Arthur", www.imdb.com. 1981.

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• One mustn't allow acting to be like stoc kbroker - you must not take it just as a means of earning a living, to go down every day to do a job of work. The big thing is to combine punctuality, efficiency, good nature, obedience, intelligence, and concentration with an unawareness of what is going to happen next, thus keeping yourself available for excitement.

  John Gielgud

  Jobs, Business, Mean

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• Most of my friends seem to be either dead, extremely deaf or living on the wrong side of Kent.

  John Gielgud

  Luck, Sides, Deaf

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• I'm sure there isn't an after-life. If there were, Ivor Novello would have got a message to us.

  John Gielgud

  Messages, Ifs

  "I'll Let You Know: Musings from Myrtlebank". Book by Arthur Marshall, p. 63, 1981.

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• I think the young actor who really wants to act will find a way ... to keep at it and seize every opportunity that comes along.

  John Gielgud

  Thinking, Opportunity, Actors

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• When I first went to America in 1928, there were spittoons everywhere. I remember avoiding spit as it flew past me in Times Square. Very unattractive.

  John Gielgud

  Past, America, Squares

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• It is very hard to cast a number of plays adequately from the same company of actors without several parts being miscast.

  John Gielgud

  Play, Numbers, Theatre

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• Your English style will no doubt put all the other gentlemen to bed. I speak figuratively, of course.

  John Gielgud

  Gentleman, Doubt, Style

  John Gielgud (2005). “Sir John Gielgud: A Life in Letters”, p.92, Arcade Publishing

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