Denholm Quotes & Sayings

The English may love gardening and fishing, but they have never struck me as being close to nature. Their way of expression is 'the hollyhocks are awfully good' sort of thing, all done in very good taste. The savagery of nature is something they don't dwell upon. — Denholm Elliott

I have avoided the fate my father planed for me, surely it is I who won not he. — Robin LaFevers

Several millennia ago, the words were written that a man should leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. It was not our idea; it was God's idea. — Mike Pence

By the time they got to Denholm Street, day had been beaten back and the night was soaking through the city. — Derek Landy

I like actors - such as Margaret Rutherford and Peter Lorre - who aren't afraid to over-act like real people. When I take a job, I can always come up with ten different ways of doing the part. But I'll always choose the flashiest one. You've got to dress the window a bit. — Denholm Elliott

The conventionality of the English is something I find unattractive - the whole lack of joy in the physical. — Denholm Elliott

I still had my hand on his side, careful not to press. He reached out and hooked a finger into the belt loop on my jeans. It felt so natural, so fulfilling, to be there with him. To talk with him as if we did it everyday. As if we'd been doung it every day for years. Not even the heat of Ian's fury could penetrate the warmth I was getting from Reyes. — Darynda Jones

I think you can be terribly overexposed. I've been always very careful in my career to do theatre; it takes you out of the television eye, and people are glad to see you back again. — Denholm Elliott

Surprise yourself every day with your own courage. — Denholm Elliott

'How to Survive a Plague' is history-telling at its best. It's a film I'll show my two children, now toddlers, when they are old enough to understand. It's a movie that I cannot forget. — Ira Sachs

I like films better than the theater because you have to spend so much energy projecting your voice from the stage in the sheer effort to be heard. — Denholm Elliott

I'm often given parts that aren't as big as they are colorful, but people remember them. When it's a minor or supporting role, you learn to make the most of what you're given. I can make two lines seem like 'Hamlet'. — Denholm Elliott

Takan had never truly defeated Zyid. Zyid had given his life to calm Takan's soul. — Isamu Fukui

'Trading Places' did more for my career than anything I'd ever done. It was a zonking great hit, and it was also just a joy to do. — Denholm Elliott

I always think instinct is more interesting than anything you can think up. I mistrust and am rather bored with actors who are of the Stanislavski school who think about detail. — Denholm Elliott

Being asked to play one of the butlers is like being picked to play for England. All you have to do is think of the great butlers from the past - Terry-Thomas in 'How To Murder Your Wife,' John Gielgud in 'Arthur' and Denholm Elliott in 'Trading Places.' — Mark Williams

My dad has always taught me these words: care and share. — Tiger Woods