#ex

The English Bible - a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power. ↗

— Thomas B. Macaulay

#beauty #bible #book #else #english

To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god. ↗

— Thomas B. Macaulay

#exalt #god #into #man #philosophy

It will never be Hollywood, the same way people think it should be. I think it will grow and it will be healthy and it will expand into more than one production house. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#grow #healthy #hollywood #house #i

The existing documentary makers still believe that it is impossible to produce drama material in this State, otherwise they would be doing it, they say. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#documentary #doing #drama #existing #impossible

You have always had individual directors who begin in the advertising or commercial world, but they are probably exceptions rather than the traditional pattern. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#always #begin #commercial #commercial world #directors

As much as I long for a sort of security and consistency sometimes, I do enjoy sort of being busted around. I really don't know what's happening sometimes next week, let alone this year. ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

#around #being #busted #consistency #enjoy

I have felt some twinges recently, about parts I wanted to play that I may be getting too old and fat to do. 'Hamlet,' for example - maybe that's gone. I would love to play Richard II. ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

#example #fat #felt #for example #getting

I think it sits quite happily with me, the condition of being an actor. I see some people getting quite eaten up with it, with the insecurities. There are times when I long for continuity and stability, but I also love the idea of not knowing what I'll be doing next - or even if I'm going to work. ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

#also #being #condition #continuity #doing

The lovely thing about being an actor is being anonymous, it's never having to explain yourself. And that's what I find interesting about actors or painters I admire. I don't want to know about their lives. ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

#actor #admire #anonymous #being #explain

What's exciting is there's a curtain that divides the audience from this other world. You want to see behind. ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

#behind #curtain #divides #exciting #other