The sad thing about any business I suppose, but in mine you see it particularly, is that youre always asked to do what youve already done. – Jeremy Irons
We all have our time machines. Some take us back, theyre called memories. Some take us forward, theyre called dreams. – Jeremy Irons
However, I wasnt very good at the sciences, or didnt have a lot of help in the sciences or something but certainly didnt set science for my A level. And when I came to take my A levels I didnt get a good enough result to go to University. – Jeremy Irons
I constantly experience failure in that my work is never as good as I want it to be. So I live with failure. – Jeremy Irons
I feel like a hostage to fortune. Not that I am complaining. I wanted to play the role. But in truth I didnt think the show would be such a success. OK, I thought it would fail. Not because it was bad. I was confident it was good, but plenty of good things just sort of wither on the vine. – Hugh Laurie