Jim Broadbent Quotes

In fact I'd like to go back and live in Shakespeare's London.

People smile at me as if they know me. I just smile back. They probably might know me.

If you're playing any real person, live or dead, you certainly have a responsibility to produce that reputation in some way.

I see myself as a small 'l' liberal, but not coalition liberal, necessarily.

You can't be angsty all day or else it becomes a sort of pale angst.

I love a really good storyline.

In Hollywood films everything is tidied up at the end with clean lines and clean character definitions. It's sort of unsatisfying.

I love French films, and European films. They're not any bigger, but there's just a sort of definition, and a confidence, and strength to them. I'd always, given the option, go and see a French drama. Obviously, we probably get the better ones. But they're just sophisticated on many levels, and grown up, and quite profound - and we don't make films like that.

It's fatal to talk about acting. It sounds faintly ridiculous if you start analysing it.

The world would be a duller place without Moulin Rouge.

We seem to have reached the age where life stops giving us things and starts taking them away.

I'm not that comfortable with actors receiving honours, partly because I think they ought to go to those who really help others.

It's funny how a film about a murderous old English toff can help you.

I like reflecting the culture I understand best, spotting the idiosyncrasies of British people and revealing them to an audience in a way that amuses is what I find fun.

I never was a great Thatcher fan, and it wasn't a sad day in my life when she resigned.

Sweet Jesus, war does terrible things to people.

I like being able to go to the supermarket and go on the Tube and have an ordinary domestic life. I'd hate to have to protect myself. I'm quite lucky that I can carry on without any intrusions. I don't get given a hard time by anyone.