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

— Arne Jacobsen

#become #consume #else #entire #entire life

I thought it was getting better and better, because the production values were increasing each time we did it. ↗

— Derek Jacobi

#better #did #each #getting #getting better

I truly don't know why it was ended, though. It was suddenly decided that that would be it. They never said particularly why, because they were cut off in their prime. ↗

— Derek Jacobi

#cut #decided #ended #i #know

I'm always conscious of the fact that I am part of a profession that is 80% permanently unemployed. So, to be working in any sense is to be privileged. ↗

— Derek Jacobi

#am #any #conscious #fact #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 was never physically dangerous except when I nearly fell off a horse, but it was physically arduous - especially when you were working late at night. ↗

— Derek Jacobi

#dangerous #especially #except #fell #horse

It's often difficult to slough off all that we've acquired, all the comforts and safety nets modern life provides for us, and realize that in those days, people were living very much on the edge - life was incredibly hard! ↗

— Derek Jacobi

#comforts #days #difficult #edge #hard

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

Knowing that we were doing good work and the stories were good. They were original and charming. They weren't particularly violent or sexy or any of that. They were just unique and that had a good feel to it. ↗

— Derek Jacobi

#charming #doing #doing good #feel #good

My first course came and I put down my book, and I just happened to put up my hand to scratch my head and discovered that my toupee had been blown by the wind and was folded over backwards on the top of my head! ↗

— Derek Jacobi

#been #blown #book #came #course