Top 52 Quotes by Richard Attenborough

About Richard Attenborough

These are some quotes by English author Richard Attenborough Actor, who lived between August 29, 1923 and August 24, 2014.

And I believe we need heroes, I believe we need certain people who we can measure our own shortcomings by.

And I believe we need heroes, I believe we need certain people who we can measure our own shortcomings by.

Richard Attenborough

You act in a movie, and at the end of the day, the director and editor decide what your performance is.

You act in a movie, and at the end of the day, the director and editor decide what your performance is.

Richard Attenborough

I lived in an atmosphere where Mama brought 60 Basque refugee children to England during the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s.

I lived in an atmosphere where Mama brought 60 Basque refugee children to England during the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s.

Richard Attenborough

The family is the focal point of our existence. And up until Jane and Lucy's death, there were always 16 of us together for Christmas.

The family is the focal point of our existence. And up until Jane and Lucy's death, there were always 16 of us together for Christmas.

Richard Attenborough

I think 'E.T.' is a quite extraordinary piece of cinema.

I think 'E.T.' is a quite extraordinary piece of cinema.

Richard Attenborough

I prefer fact to fiction.

I prefer fact to fiction.

Richard Attenborough

I think Tom Paine is one of the greatest men that's ever lived.

I think Tom Paine is one of the greatest men that's ever lived.

Richard Attenborough

Ben Kingsley was my ideal choice for Gandhi, and he really lived up to the expectations of an international audience. I did not find any Indian actor worthy to perform the role of Gandhi in the early Eighties, though there were brilliant performers like Naseeruddin Shah in India.

Richard Attenborough

What I am sad about is that there is now, in America, no equivalent to the art circuit.

What I am sad about is that there is now, in America, no equivalent to the art circuit.

Richard Attenborough

I don't really like the Oscars; it's a commercial promotional event. It helps immeasurably to sell films, but it's hardly the Nobel prize.

I don't really like the Oscars; it's a commercial promotional event. It helps immeasurably to sell films, but it's hardly the Nobel prize.

Richard Attenborough

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