Facts about Albert Finney

Occup.Actor
FromUnited Kingdom
BornMay 9, 1936
Age88 years

Summary

Albert Finney is a famous Actor from United Kingdom, he is 88 years old and still alive, born May 9, 1936.

Zodiac:
He is born under the zodiac taurus, who is known for Security, Subtle strength, Appreciation, Instruction, Patience. Our collection contains 30 quotes who is written / told by Albert.
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30 Famous quotes by Albert Finney

Small: Within two weeks of working with her, I realized how good she was for the role because she was absolute
"Within two weeks of working with her, I realized how good she was for the role because she was absolutely with it and she has got terrific instincts, I think, as an artist, too"
Small: That is one of the reasons one enjoys acting. Now and again, you get scenes where you work with somebod
"That is one of the reasons one enjoys acting. Now and again, you get scenes where you work with somebody really good and you have a good time trying to make it really work and really work well"
Small: She is up there with the best of them. I can only talk about my experience, but it was genuinely specia
"She is up there with the best of them. I can only talk about my experience, but it was genuinely special"
Small: No, she is right up there with the best Ive worked with. I was very impressed with her, I really was
"No, she is right up there with the best I've worked with. I was very impressed with her, I really was"
Small: He tells you stories, but then, after a while, when you want more, he doesnt give you more. He insists
"He tells you stories, but then, after a while, when you want more, he doesn't give you more. He insists on this old elaboration, the old stories that never changes"
Small: You just feel comfortable with him, and he certainly makes sure that youre comfortable. He makes sure t
"You just feel comfortable with him, and he certainly makes sure that you're comfortable. He makes sure that you feel good and that you're happy with what you're doing"
Small: I was in London. Its a long way to go for a very long party, sitting there for six hours not having a c
"I was in London. It's a long way to go for a very long party, sitting there for six hours not having a cigarette or a drink. It's a waste of time"
Small: I dont think that we necessarily lie. I mean, we make our living by pretending that were someone else.
"I don't think that we necessarily lie. I mean, we make our living by pretending that we're someone else. I don't tell tall tales. I always tell the truth"
Small: We meet before the movie and she gives you charts with sounds on them and makes a tape of examples.
"We meet before the movie and she gives you charts with sounds on them and makes a tape of examples. While they are setting up the scene, I go with her to the trailer and we go through the scene and correct the speech"
Small: They have to exist or not in their own right. I mean, with kids, you dont say, Which is your favourite,
"They have to exist or not in their own right. I mean, with kids, you don't say, 'Which is your favourite,' or 'Which did you enjoy bringing up the best?'"
Small: There mightve been wires, but I have this ability to make myself light. Well you know what, in ballet,
"There might've been wires, but I have this ability to make myself light. Well you know what, in ballet, when you kind of lift yourself here, it's all up in the head"
Small: My girlfriend and I rented a nice house on the river and I was there for about two and a half months, a
"My girlfriend and I rented a nice house on the river and I was there for about two and a half months, and we were just out of Alabama. I hardly got to see Alabama"
Small: Im not bothered by the paparazzi and I dont feel hemmed in, Ive never felt that. My youth, mind you, th
"I'm not bothered by the paparazzi and I don't feel hemmed in, I've never felt that. My youth, mind you, there wasn't quite the same attention to celebrities as there is now, but I've never felt that"
Small: I think that one of Tims great qualities and abilities is in what seems like a thumbnail sketch to get
"I think that one of Tim's great qualities and abilities is in what seems like a thumbnail sketch to get something quite telling, very simply, when you're doing it or being in that thumbnail sketch, you don't feel that it's important"
Small: When I read the script, I liked the script very much and I thought it was a marvelous part for her, bec
"When I read the script, I liked the script very much and I thought it was a marvelous part for her, because I think it is a change of pace. I mean, we know how wonderful she is in romantic comedy"
Small: To be a character who feels a deep emotion, one must go into the memorys vault and mix in a sad memory
"To be a character who feels a deep emotion, one must go into the memory's vault and mix in a sad memory from one's own life"
Small: She goes on the set with headphones and gives you notes. Shes terrific and I always run to her now, bec
"She goes on the set with headphones and gives you notes. She's terrific and I always run to her now, because she is just great to work with, as well as very good at different accents"
Small: I havent seen the film yet because I just got in from London. In the scenes where the two characters ar
"I haven't seen the film yet because I just got in from London. In the scenes where the two characters are bantering with each other, it is like bobbing at the net in tennis"
Small: All we did in Alabama was have a read through with the script, but there was, No, well, it needs more.
"All we did in Alabama was have a read through with the script, but there was, 'No, well, it needs more. You've got to do this, Albert. You've got to do that, Jessica.' It didn't feel like that at all"
Small: You come on as a guest. You dont get the girl anymore. But that is our lives. You start off as the boyf
"You come on as a guest. You don't get the girl anymore. But that is our lives. You start off as the boyfriend, then you are the lover, then you are the husband, then you are the father, and then you are the grandfather"
Small: Well, Ive always thought that my career was in England, really. I used to do more in the theatre, and I
"Well, I've always thought that my career was in England, really. I used to do more in the theatre, and I felt that I should be there. It's not far is it? It's amazing the way that special FX have taken a quantum leap in what they're capable of doing"
Small: Its a marvellous life, a gregarious life that weve had. Were very lucky in that way. Unlike writers or
"It's a marvellous life, a gregarious life that we've had. We're very lucky in that way. Unlike writers or painters, we don't sit down in front of a blank canvas and say, 'How do I start? Where do I start?'"
Small: It was great to do and its exciting to do those things. Thats another thing, that one enjoys the game
"It was great to do and it's exciting to do those things. That's another thing, that one enjoys the game"
Small: I mean, I did a film, a musical of Scrooge, in 70, and the tricks were done by flat clothes and mirrors
"I mean, I did a film, a musical of 'Scrooge', in '70, and the tricks were done by flat clothes and mirrors. I hope that the day will come when we don't have to turn up at all"
Small: Were given the springboard of the text, a plane ticket, told to report to Alabama, and theres a group o
"We're given the springboard of the text, a plane ticket, told to report to Alabama, and there's a group of people all ready to make a film and it's a marvelous life"
Small: I dont enter, Im entered. Its up to someone else. Its up to them
"I don't enter, I'm entered. It's up to someone else. It's up to them"
Small: My dad was great. He was very droll, very dry
"My dad was great. He was very droll, very dry"
Small: Im doing another Churchill. I did a Churchill for HBO and that was up to 1939 and theres talk of the wa
"I'm doing another Churchill. I did a Churchill for HBO and that was up to 1939 and there's talk of the war years. They were going to do it this fall, but the script wasn't going to be ready"
Small: I think that Im busy in the present, and I dont want to go back. Well, theres been an unauthorized biog
"I think that I'm busy in the present, and I don't want to go back. Well, there's been an unauthorized biography, and you can't stop them. It didn't worry me"
Small: I like playing accents, and doing things like that, it was fun. It was fun
"I like playing accents, and doing things like that, it was fun. It was fun"