95 Quotes by Richard Attenborough

I very, very, very rarely lose my temper. I do get cross sometimes when encountering something that I feel is improper, that I feel is lacking in justice and equity, and this all sounds very pompous and over the top - but these are the things that really upset me: intolerance, prejudice etc. I suppose in more mundane matters, I'm impatient.

If someone says they're going to ring me at 10 o'clock and it's 10 past and they haven't rung, I'm irritated.

I'm not an intellectual in any sense, I have constraints of erudition. I'm not able to deal with things outside my ken, and that makes me irritable. I'm irritable about the fact that I never went to university.

You act in a movie, and at the end of the day, the director and editor decide what your performance is.

I'm 4 ft. 2 in. and not exactly a matinee idol.

When I'm directing a movie, nothing else matters.

I think there were times when, if circumstances had developed, I might have been tempted into politics. I am a fan of Tony Blair. I think Gordon Brown is a fine man, but I think he's headed for one hell of a bloody struggle.

When me and Sheila got married, all we had was an oval table, four chairs, a bed, and a painting by Matthew Smith.

I think 'E.T.' is a quite extraordinary piece of cinema.