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113 Thought-Provoking Quotes By Jeremy Irons

Famous As: English Actor and Activist Known for His TV Series ‘Brideshead Revisited’
Born On: September 19, 1948
Born In: Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom
Age: 75 Years

British actor Jeremy Irons began his career on stage, in 1969. He earned a ‘Tony Award’ for his role in ‘The Real Thing.’ His breakthrough came with ‘The French Lieutenant’s Woman,’ for which he earned a ‘BAFTA Award’ nomination. He bagged in an ‘Academy Award’ for his performance in ‘Reversal of Fortune.’ He earned a ‘Golden Globe Award’ nomination for his role in ‘Brideshead Revisted.’ Go through the compilation of famous sayings by Jeremy Irons on games, feelings, dreams, life, love, acting, memories, health, theatre, children, career, belief, actors, communication, hard-work, etc.

You think, you don't just speak. The lines come off the thoughts.

You think, you don't just speak. The lines come off the thoughts.

Jeremy Irons
When it seems that someone has shattered your dreams....pick up even the smallest of pieces and use them to build bigger and better dreams.

When it seems that someone has shattered your dreams....pick up even the smallest of pieces and use them to build bigger and better dreams.

Jeremy Irons
There are a group of people who are managing the world to their advantage and who just look to the rest of us as people who will buy their products and fund their salaries.

There are a group of people who are managing the world to their advantage and who just look to the rest of us as people who will buy their products and fund their salaries.

Jeremy Irons
The work I prefer to do are the smaller budget pictures, television can be great but it ties you up for quite a long time.

The work I prefer to do are the smaller budget pictures, television can be great but it ties you up for quite a long time.

Jeremy Irons
Same-sex marriage will lead to

Same-sex marriage will lead to "fathers marrying sons."

Jeremy Irons
Sadly, one's parameters are constantly narrowed by one's success.

Sadly, one's parameters are constantly narrowed by one's success.

Jeremy Irons
One always returns to the fact that there are just too many of us, the population continues to rise and it's unsustainable.

One always returns to the fact that there are just too many of us, the population continues to rise and it's unsustainable.

Jeremy Irons
Never played a video game. Actually, I try to keep them out of my house.

Never played a video game. Actually, I try to keep them out of my house.

Jeremy Irons
Most people are robust. If a man puts his hand on a woman’s bottom, any woman worth her salt can deal  with it. It is communication. Can’t we be friendly?

Most people are robust. If a man puts his hand on a woman’s bottom, any woman worth her salt can deal with it. It is communication. Can’t we be friendly?

Jeremy Irons
Mine is an actor's voice, not a singer's voice, but the part was written for an actor (Richard Burton), not a singer.

Mine is an actor's voice, not a singer's voice, but the part was written for an actor (Richard Burton), not a singer.

Jeremy Irons
It's just money; it's made up. Pieces of paper with pictures on it so we don't have to kill each other just to get something to eat.

It's just money; it's made up. Pieces of paper with pictures on it so we don't have to kill each other just to get something to eat.

Jeremy Irons
It's always useful to be in big movies for one's career.

It's always useful to be in big movies for one's career.

Jeremy Irons
I've actually always been fussy about the work I do.

I've actually always been fussy about the work I do.

Jeremy Irons
I'm very glad I'm not a politician. I think it's one step away from the gates of hell, being a politician. I really do. It`s a nightmare.

I'm very glad I'm not a politician. I think it's one step away from the gates of hell, being a politician. I really do. It`s a nightmare.

Jeremy Irons
I try to avoid doing movies where I act with tennis balls. It's ultimately incredibly tedious.

I try to avoid doing movies where I act with tennis balls. It's ultimately incredibly tedious.

Jeremy Irons
I think I'm probably an assassin and not a Templar, but no doubt we're probably run by people with Templar mentalities.

I think I'm probably an assassin and not a Templar, but no doubt we're probably run by people with Templar mentalities.

Jeremy Irons
I have to say that I've reached the state of my career where I quite like not to work. Strange enough, I'm busier than ever. I'm not spending every waking hour beside a telephone waiting for it to ring.

I have to say that I've reached the state of my career where I quite like not to work. Strange enough, I'm busier than ever. I'm not spending every waking hour beside a telephone waiting for it to ring.

Jeremy Irons
Could a father not marry his son?

Could a father not marry his son?

Jeremy Irons
Anywhere I can ski in the morning and sell a movie in the afternoon is good.

Anywhere I can ski in the morning and sell a movie in the afternoon is good.

Jeremy Irons
You ask my wife or my two sons, and they'll tell you that I ain't free with the money.

You ask my wife or my two sons, and they'll tell you that I ain't free with the money.

Jeremy Irons
What I try to do as an actor is constantly find that, find ways to risk, find opportunities to fall on my face if it's going to be worth it, and then maybe I'll surprise myself.

What I try to do as an actor is constantly find that, find ways to risk, find opportunities to fall on my face if it's going to be worth it, and then maybe I'll surprise myself.

Jeremy Irons
We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams.

We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams.

Jeremy Irons
There's a great thing about amateur sport: it is purer. And the athletes are not open to so much pressure with amateur sport.

There's a great thing about amateur sport: it is purer. And the athletes are not open to so much pressure with amateur sport.

Jeremy Irons
There are people who are victims in life, and I don't think they should be encouraged.

There are people who are victims in life, and I don't think they should be encouraged.

Jeremy Irons
The sad thing about any business I suppose, but in mine you see it particularly, is that you're always asked to do what you've already done.

The sad thing about any business I suppose, but in mine you see it particularly, is that you're always asked to do what you've already done.

Jeremy Irons
The older I get, the less busy I like to be.

The older I get, the less busy I like to be.

Jeremy Irons
The film business has changed hugely. You seem to spend about 30 per cent of the time producing the films and 70 per cent talking about it.

The film business has changed hugely. You seem to spend about 30 per cent of the time producing the films and 70 per cent talking about it.

Jeremy Irons
So the better my partner or my opposition, however you like to think about it, the better my game.

So the better my partner or my opposition, however you like to think about it, the better my game.

Jeremy Irons
So nevertheless, what I'm saying is that what one is - one's parameters are constantly narrowed by one's success, and my desire is to widen my field even if I risk failure.

So nevertheless, what I'm saying is that what one is - one's parameters are constantly narrowed by one's success, and my desire is to widen my field even if I risk failure.

Jeremy Irons
Nowhere are emissions monitored constantly. So the truth is that the real quantity of dioxin emissions from incineration remains unknown.

Nowhere are emissions monitored constantly. So the truth is that the real quantity of dioxin emissions from incineration remains unknown.

Jeremy Irons