66 Quotes by Christopher Plummer

My great-grandfather was prime minister of Canada, and I had a very Edwardian upbringing. It was a beautiful, romantic way of growing up, until the family lost its money. And I decided to be bad and rough and find the streets rather than the gates.

I think anger does fuel a successful acting career. To play the great roles, you have to learn how to blaze.

I think of being ornate as a Victorian quality, little to do with Shakespeare. But even Dickens wasn't ornate; he wrote with flow and naturalism.

When I was young, I played the piano and studied classical music and jazz. I wanted to be a concert pianist, and if I'd devoted myself to it, I could have been. But it would have been too much work and a very lonely life.

We used to listen to Lionel Barrymore do 'A Christmas Carol' on the radio long ago, and I like Reginald Owen, who played Scrooge in the first treatment for the screen. But my favorite Scrooge was Alastair Sim. He was enchanting, an absolutely beautiful performance.

I actually was brought up by an Airedale. I don't really remember my parents, especially my mother. It was only the dog that I saw.

A lot of people want to retire; I couldn't. You don't retire in our business. What, play golf and watch television? Oh, please.

I was an only child, so I was very demanding. I enjoyed it thoroughly, but I wasn't very pleasant.

Simon Pegg is terribly talented, very funny, such a delicious sense of humour.