In Scouting, a boy is encouraged to educate himself instead of being instructed. Robert Powell Read Quote
I vaguely remember we had an air-raid shelter in our yard. We lived in a semi-detached house with a small garden in the suburbs of Salford, a couple of miles from the docks. Robert Powell Read Quote
I was there at the birth of my son and had the extraordinary feeling when I first saw him of thinking this was the first person I would willingly die for. I had the same strong feelings when my daughter was born. Robert Powell Read Quote
I was 24 when I was offered ‘Doomwatch.’ There was an option for a further series, and I turned it down. It is a wonderfully glorious thing to be unknowingly arrogant. Robert Powell Read Quote
I have always been attracted to difficult work. There really doesn’t seem much point in looking for the easy life as an actor. I would simply get bored. Robert Powell Read Quote
Part of my job is to try and seduce people. It’s what I get paid for, and if people get in the way of me doing my job I can be very difficult. Robert Powell Read Quote
I think monogamy is a little unnatural, if I’m totally honest. You change. Things alter. It’s the exception rather than the rule and I think it’s exceptional to cope with it and manage it. It’s hard work. Robert Powell Read Quote
There’s not a human being alive I won’t talk to. There’s a quite simple rule. If you like somebody more than you dislike them you can have a relationship. Once you accept you like 75 per cent but 25 per cent you find irritating for this or that reason, you just have to ignore that 25 per cent. Robert Powell Read Quote
I love being on stage. I’m completely, totally relaxed. It’s the only time in my life when I know where I am and what’s coming next. The other Robert Powell is probably fairly melancholic. Let’s just say happiness isn’t my default position. There are dark parts. I’m very good at it. I frighten people sometimes. Robert Powell Read Quote
