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.
BOB HOSKINSOne 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.
BOB HOSKINSBefore Michael Caine you had to have been in the RAF to be an actor.
BOB HOSKINSMost dictators were short, fat, middle-aged and hairless. Besides Danny Devito, there’s only me to play them.
BOB HOSKINSI realised one day that men are emotional cripples. We cant express ourselves emotionally, we can only do it with anger and humour.
BOB HOSKINSIf you are going to do a film properly you have to give yourself completely to it.
BOB HOSKINSI thought if I could capture some of that expression, that depth of emotion, it will make me interesting to watch as an actor.
BOB HOSKINSI’m a feminist, yes! Very strongly.
BOB HOSKINSIt’s your life, live it your way.
BOB HOSKINSQuantum 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.
BOB HOSKINSEmotional stability and expression comes from women.
BOB HOSKINSI started my career by becoming a stalker, watching women in the street, the way they greet each other.
BOB HOSKINSI’ve watched films and even forgotten I’m in them.
BOB HOSKINSYou have to learn to hallucinate.
BOB HOSKINSI’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.
BOB HOSKINSI’ve played so many historical characters because most horrible dictators are short, fat, middle-aged men.
BOB HOSKINSI’m very romantic. I’ve emptied flower shops.
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