I never lose that terror of ‘this is my last job, I’ll never work again.’ You can never relax and rely on whatever reputation you’ve built. Derek Jacobi Read Quote
He was somebody who made me think, I suppose, about the contemplative life. I’ve always been a city fellow, but I’ve often had vague thoughts about ‘checking out’ and perhaps going into a monastery and just seeing what it was like. Derek Jacobi Read Quote
I thought it was getting better and better, because the production values were increasing each time we did it. Derek Jacobi Read Quote
It was doing very well; it was doing particularly well outside of England. It was a very big seller for Carlton Television. But it was getting more and more expensive to do. Derek Jacobi Read Quote
I’d gone into that restaurant and sat down and the waitress had taken my order and everybody else had seen me with this what must have looked like this creature, this animal, sitting on the top of my head! Derek Jacobi Read Quote
Originally they wanted it to be bigger, but I pleaded and pleaded and pleaded to have the smallest tonsure that they could get away with. A tonsure that could still be seen, but, I worried about my social life! Derek Jacobi Read Quote
I think that each character has fascinated and interested me enough to want to play him. Derek Jacobi Read Quote
There’s never been any game plan or thread through my career. It’s just happened that I’ve ricocheted from one interesting character to another. Derek Jacobi Read Quote
I’m always conscious of the fact that I am part of a profession that is 80% permanently unemployed. So, to be working in any sense is to be privileged. Derek Jacobi Read Quote
They were totally supportive, always saw everything I did. One of the thrills of my life was when they went to the theater to see something that I wasn’t in. It opened doors for them that otherwise would have been totally closed. Derek Jacobi Read Quote
