#he

But as I grew up as a child, falling in love with the theater and Shakespeare, my heroes were Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud. ↗

— Patrick Stewart

#falling #falling in love #grew #heroes #i

Encouraging people to believe in it was the most important thing of all. It's one of the reasons I was always uncomfortable whenever film crews came on the set to shoot things. I didn't want our make-believe to be exposed. ↗

— Patrick Stewart

#believe #came #crews #encouraging #exposed

For seven years I did very little theatre, and I have to make up some time. ↗

— Patrick Stewart

#i #little #make #make up #seven

Having spent so much of my life with Shakespeare's world, passions and ideas in my head and in my mouth, he feels like a friend - someone who just went out of the room to get another bottle of wine. ↗

— Patrick Stewart

#bottle #feels #friend #get #having

I began directing episodes, which was a great light every couple of months. We never short-changed our audience, but it became something that you had to work at rather than something that was a pleasure. ↗

— Patrick Stewart

#became #began #couple #directing #episodes

I don't do impersonations. I can do a wounded elephant! I can do a really good cow! And because of the amount of time I spent in North Yorkshire, I do a variety of sheep. All of which I will be happy to roll out for you! ↗

— Patrick Stewart

#be happy #because #cow #elephant #good

I've met actors where you think, if only you could just clean up your act and get it together, people would want to work with you. Some people are so difficult, it's just not worth working with them. ↗

— Patrick Stewart

#clean #clean up #could #difficult #get

Wouldn't it be grand if we thought that theater could have that impact on the political life of a country? ↗

— Patrick Stewart

#country #grand #impact #life #political

But I'll tell you something: We had a big family discussion about it recently, my two sisters and I, and I pointed out that we all have the same genes as our mother and we're all susceptible to becoming alcoholics. ↗

— Payne Stewart

#alcoholics #becoming #big #big family #discussion

I've just become more conscious about how much I do drink and how often I want to have a drink and things like that. I think being conscious of it will help me to control the urges. ↗

— Payne Stewart

#become #being #conscious #control #drink