Top 24 Quotes by Jim Broadbent

Other people have a much better idea of what I might do than I.

When you research someone, you actually get beyond your own preconceptions and become aware of the human being other than the image. You become empathetic and sympathetic in turn.

In fact I'd like to go back and live in Shakespeare's London.

I'm not that comfortable with actors receiving honours, partly because I think they ought to go to those who really help others.

It's fatal to talk about acting. It sounds faintly ridiculous if you start analysing it.

I love a really good storyline.

I see myself as a small 'l' liberal, but not coalition liberal, necessarily.

I like reflecting the culture I understand best, spotting the idiosyncrasies of British people and revealing them to an audience in a way that amuses is what I find fun.

If you're playing any real person, live or dead, you certainly have a responsibility to produce that reputation in some way.

I think we all have a selfish gene which rises to the top, sometimes. But then we're also all capable of a sudden magnanimity.