Malcolm McDowell Zitate auf Englisch

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Let's not get too precious about it: actors are not heart surgeons or brain surgeons. We are just entertaining people.

Let's not get too precious about it: actors are not heart surgeons or brain surgeons. We are just entertaining people.

Malcolm McDowell

The most nurturing of directors can make you feel too comfortable, and you don't really push for that extra whatever.

Malcolm McDowell

It is true I'd rather get a hole in one than win an Academy Award.

Malcolm McDowell

You can't hold back. You can't think of the subtleties of playing. You just have to get out and really bare it all, and hopefully you don't fall off the plank. And if you do, hey, pick yourself up, dust yourself down, and start all over again.

Malcolm McDowell

Richard Lester is a wonderful director, a great comedy director, of course.

Malcolm McDowell

My favorite actor who played villains - who could play anything, really - was Jimmy Cagney.

Malcolm McDowell

I've tried it all. I'd love to do radio plays. I think that one should be open to everything and shouldn't limit oneself.

Malcolm McDowell

I never do research unless it's extraordinary circumstances.

Malcolm McDowell

I'm not quite as buoyant as I was in my youth.

Malcolm McDowell

I am a professional actor, and I don't go about moralizing about what the character does. Otherwise, seriously, why be an actor? You're not making some kind of social statement. That's not what actors do.

Malcolm McDowell

I love doing every role I do!

Malcolm McDowell

An actor cannot be a censor. I'm there to interpret.

Malcolm McDowell

I don't worry about whether I'm making a masterpiece, because I know that if you get just one of those in a lifetime, you should get down on your knees and say 'Thank you!'

Malcolm McDowell

I like to razz the Trekkies a little bit. Who doesn't? It's trainspotting, isn't it? But they are very well-meaning, actually. I've done a couple of Star Trek conventions, and they've only been really welcoming.

Malcolm McDowell