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I think my parents were happy that Id gone to university and gotte

I think my parents were happy that Id gone to university and gotten a degree in history so they thought, Well if acting doesnt work for him, he can always become a history teacher or something. Fortunately, the acting worked out. – Derek Jacobi

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Real-life people are often the hardest to play, people that you recreate who have actually lived, because you have to live up to peoples knowledge of those characters. – Derek Jacobi

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I would like to be as fit as Ive always been. Ive been blessed with good health, Ive been blessed with stamina. Particularly for those great classical roles, you need an Olympian stamina. I, fortunately, have that. – Derek Jacobi

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I am an actor and I live in the world of pretend in my working capacity. I live in the world of my imagination. – Derek Jacobi

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