I've never been passionate about acting, and I find more and more that I work to live the life I want to live. [...] There's something about the detachment I have, the feeling of the lack of importance about what I do, that is healthy. Jeremy Irons More Quotes by Jeremy Irons More Quotes From Jeremy Irons At age 10 or 12 he's going to boarding school in the Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight is, of course, down at the bottom of England just off South Hampton. Jeremy Irons england age school Civility, politeness, it's like a cement in a society: binds it together. And when we lose it, then I think we all feel lesser and slightly dirty because of it. Jeremy Irons feel think society together I looked at the circus, and I looked at the carnival, at the fun fair. But I looked at sleeping accommodations and decided I was too middle class to put up with that! So then I joined the theater and found I could choose my own bedroom. I loved the atmosphere. I loved that we worked till midnight and didn't start till ten. Jeremy Irons loved start my-own fun My next step must be to go to drama school. Well, I get into drama school, so I did that. Jeremy Irons step go drama school The older I get, the less busy I like to be. Jeremy Irons older get like busy I wouldn't call myself a method actor, but I have my own method. I do my own research. I come up with a background for the character. I'm not a club man. I don't like isms. I've never really studied Stanislavski. Jeremy Irons myself man research character The danger of dioxins in our environment, our food chain, and our bodies is difficult to illustrate, since they are not visible to the naked eye. My time in Vietnam allowed me to see the result of large quantities of them and therefore understand better the insidiousness of the smaller quantities that have found their way into our lives and bodies. Jeremy Irons better me time food I don't mind getting older. I'm enjoying not having that raging ambition I've had all my life. Jeremy Irons my-life getting-older mind life Paris Hilton, that's very interesting what she did. I've never done that. I haven't really sort of ever got into that. As time passes, maybe I should record it and put it in a vault so that when I get a little old don't have the energy I can remember how life used to be. Jeremy Irons energy time remember life I had people when I was younger trying to feel me up. Older men. I just told them to get lost. Jeremy Irons feel me men people I have played characters where I haven't been absorbed - you know, what I call a typical film leading man role where you just have to look gorgeous and be attractive and charming. It bores me. I like a bit of dirt, a bit of sand in the oyster. Jeremy Irons look me you man I'm not religious. I'm spiritual. Religious seems too much like a club. Jeremy Irons club like too-much spiritual Peter Brook's 'Midsummer Night's Dream,' I remember seeing. That was pretty early on. And suddenly, I realized how theatrical Shakespeare is, how alive, how wonderful it is when it's opened up by a great director and a great company. Jeremy Irons great dream remember night Mathematicians are always playing tricks on each other. They're always pulling jokes on each other. Jeremy Irons playing always pulling jokes
