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I think my parents were happy that I'd gone to university and gotten a degree in history so they thought, 'Well if acting doesn't work for him, he can always become a history teacher or something.' Fortunately, the acting worked out. ↗

— Derek Jacobi

#always #become #degree #fortunately #gone

Architecture tends to consume everything else, it has become one's entire life. ↗

— Arne Jacobsen

#become #consume #else #entire #entire life

I think that each character has fascinated and interested me enough to want to play him. ↗

— Derek Jacobi

#each #enough #fascinated #him #i

I've been a professional actor now for 38 years. A long time. And it's wonderful to earn your living doing something that you love. To think people actually give you money for it! ↗

— Derek Jacobi

#actually #been #doing #earn #give

It's too hard a life for me. I could only do it - check out in that sense - if I checked out somewhere that was luxurious and within hailing distance of civilization. ↗

— Derek Jacobi

#checked #civilization #could #distance #hard

Reputation is fine but you have to keep justifying it. In a sense, it makes it harder because people's expectations of you are higher. So, you have to fulfill those expectations. Or, try to exceed those expectations. But, it becomes more difficult as time goes on. ↗

— Derek Jacobi

#becomes #difficult #exceed #expectations #fine

My dad has more sparkly stuff than most men. ↗

— Georgia Jagger

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They were totally supportive, always saw everything I did. One of the thrills of my life was when they went to the theater to see something that I wasn't in. It opened doors for them that otherwise would have been totally closed. ↗

— Derek Jacobi

#been #closed #did #doors #everything

We started filming in 1993 which was only four years after the fall of communism. The difference in Budapest over the last five years has been remarkable. ↗

— Derek Jacobi

#been #budapest #communism #difference #fall

You have to get through the Hamlet hoop as a young actor. Your classical qualifications are based on the quality of your Hamlet. And then, as an older actor, you have to get through the Lear hoop. And I'm approaching the Lear hoop. ↗

— Derek Jacobi

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