Cary Elwes Quotes

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• I used to sit in school and dream about getting into films.

  Cary Elwes

  Dream, School, Film

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• I think that's all you can hope for as an actor when you read a script; that after the first thirty pages it has some meaning to it.

  Cary Elwes

  Thinking, Actors, Pages

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• Life will teach you, but you have to live long enough to get those lessons.

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  Long, Lessons, Enough

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I was blessed enough to meet Pope John Paul when I was about 19 or 20 years old in the Vatican; I had that privilege, .. My mother took me to visit him and I remember distinctly his incredible charisma and personal charm and his warmth and compassion. You felt it immediately the minute you met him, and that spirit I came away with, having met the man, is something that I've been constantly working on to infuse the character with, so that we can have his spirit and his love and his compassion, because that's really the essence of the man.

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  Mother, Blessed, Character

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• I take away something from every role. I'm still learning and that's what life is about.

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  Roles, Life Is, Stills

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

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• We are men of action. Lies do not become us.

  Cary Elwes

  Lying, Men, Deceit

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• There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world. It would be a pity to damage yours.

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  Perfect, Would Be, World

  Cary Elwes, Joe Layden (2014). “As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

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• It's true in life, as in the movies, that the greatest highs are often followed by the lowest lows.

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  Lows, Lowest

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• Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.

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  Intellect

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• I consider myself a student, both in my work and my life, and I'm constantly learning and I'm constantly grateful for that.

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  Grateful, Students, Constantly Learning

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• I do not envy the headache you will have when you awake. In the meantime, dream of large women.

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  Dream, Envy, Headache

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• Im something of a history buff. Its deliberate that a lot of my films have been period pieces.

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  Pieces, Film, Periods

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• No one is black and white or good or bad or happy or sad or what have you. [All have] particular idiosyncrasies that make them fascinating and that's how I tend to approach a character.

  Cary Elwes

  Character, Black And White, Approach

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• New York has the best tap water.

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  New York, Water, Tap Water

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I got a massive overdose of gamma radiation from the Xerox machine and just printing call sheets, you know? By the time I stepped in front of the camera, I was very comfortable. It was great.

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  Cameras, Machines, Radiation

  "Cary Elwes: Battle Of Wits". "Ask Me Another" with Ophira Eisenberg, www.npr.org. November 18, 2016.

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• I think that two-dimensional film will always be here to stay because it always has its place, but 3D does too.

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  Thinking, Two, Doe

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• I grew up in the art world.

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  Art, World, Grew Up

  "Cary Elwes: Battle Of Wits". "Ask Me Another" with Ophira Eisenberg, www.npr.org. November 18, 2016.

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• There's a myth about actors saying, 'Oh no, that's not me on screen at all. I'm just acting.' OK, if I were to say to you that's not me, that's fine. And I would tell you that I don't behave like a villain everyday, and that's true, I don't. But to say there's absolutely none of me in there is ridiculous.

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  Everyday, Acting, Actors

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• Any actor should be grateful if he's remembered for one movie in their lifetime.

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  Grateful, Actors, Lifetime

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• The visceral experience of seeing a movie in three dimensions, coming at you in the theater, is obviously here to stay, because it is a unique experience. I think that kind of format is only appropriate for some genres, but I'm all for it.

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  Unique, Thinking, Three

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• I like historical pieces. History was my favorite subject in school, it was the only subject I excelled in. I love the idea of history and the idea that we may have the opportunity to learn from our past mistakes.

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  Mistake, School, Past

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

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• I feel like if a film is well-written, then the character's arc is complete. There really is very little room to expand on that afterwards.

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  Character, Littles, Rooms

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• I've been doing some writing, which I find very cathartic and fun.

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  Fun, Writing, Cathartic

  Interview with Jeff Otto, www.ign.com. October 26, 2004.

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• I think as an actor you're lucky to have any film take on a life of its own long after it's left the theater.

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  Thinking, Long, Lucky

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• My stepfather was a producer. I'd always wanted to be in show business. And so when he came into my life and he told my brothers and myself, he said, look, if you want to be in this business, you're all going to have to start at the bottom.

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  Brother, Looks, Want

  Source: www.npr.org

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