Colin Baker Professions : Actor Born : June 8, 1943 Browse All Authors Top 27 quotes by Colin Baker Small though it is, the human brain can be quite effective when used properly. Colin Baker human-brain efficiency brain I do adore food. If I have any vice it's eating. If I was told I could only eat one food for the rest of my life, I could put up with sausage and mash forever. Colin Baker sausage vices forever It's not so much a thankless task, it's more a job with no thanks Colin Baker dumb jobs funny The waves of time wash us all clean. Colin Baker clean wave I like challenges that test your ingenuity. Colin Baker ingenuity tests challenges I never have reservations about doing anything as long as I'm being paid. Colin Baker reservations paid long I would still like to go up in the space shuttle. It's appalling that the accident happened, but it was an accident and obviously if I knew there was any risk, I'd be foolish to do it. I'd love to stand outside the Earth and look at it. Extraordinary feeling that, something that we've been tied to for millions of years, and a handful of people have looked at it, to be able to do that would be stunning. Colin Baker space people years I could, I think, quite easily have gone to Oxford. I got four good A levels, but my father's income was such that I wouldn't have got a grant, and he wouldn't let me go to university, and that was the end of it. Colin Baker oxford father thinking I'm an actor. If you had said to me before I started acting that I'd get two bites of the cherry - you would do things that people will remember forever like 'The Brothers' which I did in the '70s and now 'Doctor Who' - I'd have been overjoyed and I still am. Colin Baker doctors brother two As any actor will tell you, the hardest thing to do is small parts, because you focus all your attention and concentration on that small part. When you're playing the lead part, you don't have time to think about the whole of it, so you just have to steam on and get on with it. Colin Baker focus attention thinking The standard of writing that I'm getting now from 'Big Finish' compares very favourably with some of the stuff I was doing on screen in the '80s. Colin Baker bigs stuff writing Nobody can fail to lose weight in the jungle, unless they've got a secret stash of pork pies somewhere. Colin Baker pie weight secret I've mellowed quite quickly. Colin Baker I'm perfectly proud of the work I did, looking back at it. I know I've had a bit of a revision since my 'Big Finish' stories came out. Colin Baker revision proud stories I take every job on its merits. Colin Baker merit jobs I never turn down scripts without good reason. If I did, I would probably never work. Colin Baker turns scripts reason It was lovely to do The Knock because I haven't done anything really significant since Doctor Who. Colin Baker lovely doctors done I hope I'm always convincing when I act! Colin Baker convincing I do remember reading the script of 'The Nightmare Fair' and looking forward to doing it. Colin Baker looking-forward scripts reading If we use less, if we consume less, we're going to have more Colin Baker ifs use Similar Authors Ian Mckellen actor Adhir Kalyan actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje actor Bert Lahr actor Alan Arkin actor Alan Alda actor All Authors
