Bob Hoskins Quotes

#1. Most dictators were short, fat, middle-aged and hairless. Besides Danny Devito, there's only me to play them.

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#2. Before Michael Caine you had to have been in the RAF to be an actor.

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#3. What we do does not define who we are. What defines us is how well we rise after falling

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#4. It's your life, live it your way.

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#5. What would I have done if I wasn't an actor? Probably rob banks.

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#6. The Holy Spirit accompanies God's Word to bring revelation of Christ, resulting in transformation.

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#7. I started my career by becoming a stalker, watching women in the street, the way they greet each other. I thought if I could capture some of that expression, that depth of emotion, it will make me interesting to watch as an actor.

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#8. I am fairly rich. Money's very handy, let's face it.

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#9. One of the things I've realised is that I am very simple. My wife asked me once if I loved her. I said: 'Look love, I'm a simple man. I love you. End of story.' But I guess you gotta keep saying it with women. I guess she needed reassurance.

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#10. I've watched films and even forgotten I'm in them.

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#11. I'm Winnie the Pooh - that's as sexy as I am. I meet ladies and they talk about their family and I talk about my family. It's about as sexy as a bag of Brussel sprouts.

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#12. I've played so many historical characters because most horrible dictators are short, fat, middle-aged men.

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#13. If you are going to do a film properly you have to give yourself completely to it.

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#14. I'm a feminist, yes! Very strongly.

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#15. You have to learn to hallucinate,

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#16. Monogamy is a possibility - and a necessity. Kids have got to have something they can rely on. You have got to have something you rely on.

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#17. I'm very romantic. I've emptied flower shops.

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#18. I realised one day that men are emotional cripples. We can't express ourselves emotionally, we can only do it with anger and humour. Emotional stability and expression comes from women.

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#19. I'd say I am partial to women.

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#20. Quantum physics is a bit of a passion of mine. It's extraordinary. There's a branch of mathematics that is based on lunacy, and that's wonderful.

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#21. It's not easy to walk out on a marriage and two young kids, and it's the most difficult thing I've ever had to do.

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#22. Actors are just entertainers, even the serious ones. That's all an actor is. He's like a serious Bruce Forsyth.

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