What I am sad about is that there is now, in America, no equivalent to the art circuit. Richard Attenborough More Quotes by Richard Attenborough More Quotes From Richard Attenborough Well, you cannot think of cinema now, and you cannot think of cinema in the UK and not place Chaplin in the most extraordinary elevated context, if there can be such a thing, in that he was a genius, he was unique. Richard Attenborough cinemauniquethinking And that is how I employ my time in cinema, saying things about people who I think have touched us in terms of our value judgement and by example. Richard Attenborough judgementpeoplethinking I don't read a great deal of fiction, to my shame, other than the classics. Richard Attenborough shamedealsfiction On my last day of shooting, I'd be happy to say 'Cut, it's a wrap' and fall off the twig. Richard Attenborough shootingcuttingfall I was on my own union council for twenty-odd years. Richard Attenborough unionstwentiesyears I think it is obscene that we should believe that we are entitled to end somebody's life, no matter what that person has supposedly done or not done. Richard Attenborough donebelievethinking I'm a passionate trade unionist. Richard Attenborough passionatetrade I can't write, I can't paint, I don't compose. Richard Attenborough painti-canwriting I believe in trade unionism, and I believe in democracy, in democratic trade unionism. Richard Attenborough democraticdemocracybelieve To see this magnificent hull with my name on it is the greatest possible honour. Richard Attenborough latest-headlines My father thought Gandhi was a great man. I suppose subconsciously, consciously even, I was aware that I wanted to please him and Ma, so I thought doing something like 'Gandhi' would be phenomenal. Richard Attenborough great-mangreatmanfather I very, very, very rarely lose my temper. I do get cross sometimes when encountering something that I feel is improper, that I feel is lacking in justice and equity, and this all sounds very pompous and over the top - but these are the things that really upset me: intolerance, prejudice etc. I suppose in more mundane matters, I'm impatient. Richard Attenborough feelmejusticesometimes My main aim in 'Gandhi' was to project him as the vanguard of non-violence. Nowhere in the world has a movement of non-cooperation sans violence received so much support from masses as Gandhi's movement in India did. He was, to a great extent, responsible for freeing his nation from the British Raj. Richard Attenborough greatsupportviolenceworld If someone says they're going to ring me at 10 o'clock and it's 10 past and they haven't rung, I'm irritated. Richard Attenborough ringsomeonemepast What actually happened with 'Miracle' was that someone saw me in 'Jurassic Park' and said, 'We want someone with a white beard - how about him?' I've got a round face, white hair, a white beard. I can wear half-moon glasses and waddle a little, cope with a cane, raise my hat. Richard Attenborough facemebeardhair I adore my family; they are my joy. However, I am committed to my work. If, on a Saturday morning when I was ostensibly going to be with the children, and something arose at RADA or at UNICEF or at the orphanage or whatever, I would allow the other pressures to take precedent. Richard Attenborough i-amfamilyworkmorning And I believe we need heroes, I believe we need certain people who we can measure our own shortcomings by. Richard Attenborough needownbelievepeople I do not have a brain that I long for in dealing with matters of which I am ignorant - that don't come within my ken and a rationale, a reason, an argument and so on - and I can't do that, and I'm not in that bracket at all. Richard Attenborough i-amargumentbrainlong I like to make films about people who changed the lives of others and asserted human dignity. Richard Attenborough humanlikedignitypeople
