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.

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 can't write, I can't paint, I don't compose.

I can't write, I can't paint, I don't compose.

Richard Attenborough

I'm 4 ft. 2 in. and not exactly a matinee idol.

I'm 4 ft. 2 in. and not exactly a matinee idol.

Richard Attenborough

I am passionately opposed to capital punishment, and I have been all my life.

I am passionately opposed to capital punishment, and I have been all my life.

Richard Attenborough

My father thought Gandhi was a great man. I suppose subconsciously, consciously even, I was aware that I wanted to please him and Ma, so I thought doing something like 'Gandhi' would be phenomenal.

My father thought Gandhi was a great man. I suppose subconsciously, consciously even, I was aware that I wanted to please him and Ma, so I thought doing something like 'Gandhi' would be phenomenal.

Richard Attenborough

When I'm directing a movie, nothing else matters.

When I'm directing a movie, nothing else matters.

Richard Attenborough

When me and Sheila got married, all we had was an oval table, four chairs, a bed, and a painting by Matthew Smith.

When me and Sheila got married, all we had was an oval table, four chairs, a bed, and a painting by Matthew Smith.

Richard Attenborough

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