#go

Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#elements #far #governments #more #other

Apart from earning an awful lot of money, why would you go to Hollywood? ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

#awful #earning #go #hollywood #lot

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 I do have a good eye. It's quite liberating, being in a position to read a script and say, 'No.' It's really the only power you have, as an actor. ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

#being #eye #good #i #i do

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

I've worried more and more as the years have gone on. The more you're seen to be doing well, the more stress there is. You feel you ought to consider things more, and be more fussy - there's further to fall. All these little worries. ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

#doing #fall #feel #further #fussy

Many an article that I myself penned twenty years ago impresses me now as something quite foreign to myself. ↗

— Ernst Mach

#article #foreign #i #impresses #many

The ego is as little absolutely permanent as are bodies. ↗

— Ernst Mach

#bodies #ego #little #permanent

I never know what is going to have that 'X' factor and what isn't. ↗

— Cameron Mackintosh

#going #i #know #never

A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#caused #contrary #example #first #good