I thought if I could capture some of that expression, that depth of emotion, it will make me interesting to watch as an actor.
BOB HOSKINSMost dictators were short, fat, middle-aged and hairless. Besides Danny Devito, there’s only me to play them.
More Bob Hoskins Quotes
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I’m very romantic. I’ve emptied flower shops.
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I’m a feminist, yes! Very strongly.
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One of the things I’ve realised is that I am very simple. My wife asked me once if I loved her. I said: ‘Look love, I’m a simple man. I love you.
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I’ve watched films and even forgotten I’m in them.
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I’m Winnie the Pooh – that’s as sexy as I am. I meet ladies and they talk about their family and I talk about my family. It’s about as sexy as a bag of Brussel sprouts.
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Quantum physics is a bit of a passion of mine. It’s extraordinary. There’s a branch of mathematics that is based on lunacy, and that’s wonderful.
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You have to learn to hallucinate.
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If you are going to do a film properly you have to give yourself completely to it.
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It’s your life, live it your way.
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Emotional stability and expression comes from women.
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What would I have done if I wasn’t an actor? Probably rob banks.
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I started my career by becoming a stalker, watching women in the street, the way they greet each other.
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I realised one day that men are emotional cripples. We cant express ourselves emotionally, we can only do it with anger and humour.
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I’ve played so many historical characters because most horrible dictators are short, fat, middle-aged men.
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Before Michael Caine you had to have been in the RAF to be an actor.
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