Arthur Quotes - Page 4

• I suppose I'm the only person who remembers one of the most exciting of his ballets-it's the fruit of an unlikely collaboration between Nijinsky on the one hand and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle on the other.

  Alan Bennett

  Hands, Ballet, Collaboration

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• My first, big, silly role at school was as Arthur Crocker-Harris in Rattigan's 'The Browning Version,' where my job was to make school-masters' wives weep with recognition.

  Benedict Cumberbatch

  Jobs, Silly, School

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• The (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) stories were great, for one. The thing that makes him a remarkable character is how he can withstand all of these different interpretations and different styles and, that's what makes a classic character a classic character; they keep coming back and you see them in a new way every time.

  Laura Linney

  Character, Style, Way

  "Mr. Holmes: Laura Linney Talks Sherlock, and Compares Working on TMNT 2 With Congo". Interview with Brian Formo, collider.com. July 14, 2015.

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• The last TV show I binged on was 'Hannibal' because it stars two of my friends, Mads Mikkelsen and Hugh Dancy, who I first met filming 'King Arthur' back in 2003, and I just lapped this show up; loved it.

  Joel Edgerton

  Kings, Stars, Tv Shows

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• The cold hand of history, which is for ever robbing us of some of our oldest and best cherished stories, points rigidly to the fact that no such person as King Arthur ever presided over a Round Table. Be this as it may, romance still hugs her heroes to her heart as possessions to be not willingly let die.

  H. A. Guerber

  Kings, Hero, Heart

  H. A. Guerber (1909). “Myths and Legends of the Middle Ages”, p.285, Courier Corporation

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• I'm from Houston. I think I was thirty-seven before I ever set foot in Dallas, and that was just in the airport. So I've never really been there. Dad grew up in Port Arthur, Texas and all I can ever get out of him is, "I wanted my first son to be named Dallas."

  Dallas Roberts

  Dad, Son, Thinking

  "Q&A – Dallas Roberts (Miles Fiedler)". AMC Interview, www.amc.com. August 2010.

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• I was a dozy boy; I'd like to have been like James Dean, but I was more Arthur Askey - pathetically rebellious in a cheeky, chappy sort of way.

  Rupert Graves

  Boys, Way, Rebellious

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I love Arthur Rubinstein, especially his live recordings. I think his Chopin Mazurkas, his interpretation of the Polonaises, and the Concertos of Chopin are just incredible. When I was a child, I wanted to play more and more Chopin because of his recordings.

  Rafal Blechacz

  Children, Thinking, Play

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• Arthuriana has become a genre in itself, more like TV soap opera where people think they know the characters. All that's fair enough, but it does remove the mythic power of the feminine and masculine principles. So I prefer it in its original form, even if you have to wade through Mallory's 'Le Morte d'Arthur' - people smashing people for pages and pages! It still has the resonances of myth about it, which makes it work for me. I don't want to know if Mordred led an unhappy childhood or not.

  Michael Moorcock

  Character, Thinking, Unhappy Childhood

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Arthur Scargill is the Labour movements nearest equivalent to a First World War General.

  Neil Kinnock

  War, Labour Movement, World

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• With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. 
  (after signing Ron Yeats)

  Bill Shankly

  Play, Goal, Defense

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• Youth is a predominant factor. We are seeing a young King Arthur, and thereby a young-ish - as I'm into my 40s - Merlin. It was about how to tackle it, from that point view.

  Joseph Fiennes

  Kings, Views, Youth

  "Joseph Fiennes, Tamsin Egerton & Exec. Producer Chris Chibnall Interview CAMELOT". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 1, 2011.

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• I also wanted to have fun with it. I wanted to have the scope, which I felt Merlin has, in his Machiavellian bi-polar way. He's not to be trusted, yet he is fighting for this great power and is really a master, to some degree, in orchestrating Camelot and King Arthur. He's a strange, dark devious character, and I just wanted to have fun, and get away from the cloak and long beard and pointy hat.

  Joseph Fiennes

  Kings, Fun, Character

  "Joseph Fiennes, Tamsin Egerton & Exec. Producer Chris Chibnall Interview CAMELOT". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 1, 2011.

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• I loved literary science fiction. In fact, as a kid, when I was reading science fiction, I thought 'I can't wait for the future when the special effects are good' to represent what was in these books by Arthur C. Clarke, Alfred Bester, Philip K. Dick, J.G. Ballard, Jack Vance.

  Matt Groening

  Book, Reading, Kids

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• That Arthur has not always existed seems odd to me. Like the wind on the moors and the wild winter stars, surely he has always lived . . . and always will.

  Stephen R. Lawhead

  Stars, Winter, Wind

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• Arthur, their young king, like a hero out of legend.

  Marion Zimmer Bradley

  Kings, Hero, Legends

  Marion Zimmer Bradley (2001). “The Mists of Avalon”, p.264, Ballantine Books

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• Mordred and Agravaine thought Arthur hypocritical—as all decent men must be, if you assume that decency can’t exist.

  T. H. White

  Men, Assuming, Hypocritical

  T. H. White (2011). “The Once and Future King”, p.433, Penguin

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• The Queen of Air and Darkness tilted back her head and laughed. A more ghastly sound I hope never to hear. ‘Do you think I care about these trifles?’ ‘Murder is no trifle, woman,’ Arthur said. ‘No? How many men have you killed, Great King? How many have you slain without cause? How many did you cut down that you might have spared? How many died because you in your battle-rage would not heed their pleas for mercy?’ The High King opened his mouth to speak, but could make no answer.

  Stephen R. Lawhead

  Kings, Queens, Cutting

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• On the delivery plate of the Nutri-Matic Drink Synthesizer was a small tray, on which say three bone china cups and saucers, a bone china jug of milk, a silver teapot full of the best tea Arthur had ever tasted and a small printed note saying "Wait.

  Douglas Adams

  Waiting, Tea, Jugs

  Douglas Adams (2009). “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe”, p.25, Pan Macmillan

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• Clearly," said Arthur,"you're an idiot- but you're our kind of idiot. Come on.

  Markus Zusak

  Idiot, Kind, Said

  Markus Zusak (2013). “The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition”, p.154, RH Childrens Books

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• Oh, come on, Arthur." "I don't want to hear it, Andy." "Jesus Christ" "He doesn't want to hear it, either.

  Markus Zusak

  Jesus, Want, Christ

  Markus Zusak (2013). “The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition”, p.166, RH Childrens Books

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• Prescription: 'Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes. Take ten pages, twice a day, til end of course.

  Diane Setterfield

  Book, Pages, Conan

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• Arthur felt happy. He was terribly pleased that the day was for once working out so much according to plan. Only twenty minutes ago he had decided he would go mad, and now here he was already chasing a Chesterfield sofa across the fields of prehistoric Earth.

  Douglas Adams

  Work Out, Mad, Twenties

  Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.330, Pan Macmillan

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• My dear Arthur, I never talk scandal. I only talk gossip. What is the difference between scandal and gossip? Oh! Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.

  Oscar Wilde

  Differences, Gossip, Scandal

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.518, Wordsworth Editions

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• He [Merlin] is slightly from another world and place, so it [challenge in bringing the role to life] is about having fun and presenting it in a new way. He's more of a politician, and slightly Machiavellian, but there's also a lovely relationship going on between Merlin and Arthur. There's so much to be had, really.

  Joseph Fiennes

  Fun, Lovely, World

  "Joseph Fiennes, Tamsin Egerton & Exec. Producer Chris Chibnall Interview CAMELOT". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 1, 2011.

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