14 Quotes by Alan Bates

You can time a part perfectly and play it badly. And some people have very individual offbeat timing, which is their own. It works simply because they are who they are.

But, you know, as you get older, my God, the parts get more varied. There's a lot of fun to be had doing a lot of different things.

I do believe in living out your own time, unless it's absolutely impossible, which it is for some people.

You can't always go by the book, even in comedy.

You've got to have steel in you somewhere.