David Suchet famous quotes

03-28-2025

I can't try to convert anybody. It's not in me to do that. But my faith has given me such an appreciation of people and meaningful relationships, and a world view which I didn't have before. And although I will fail every day, it gives me something to aspire to.
-- David Suchet

#Meaningful #Appreciation #Views
I think its very dangerous, the idea of celebrity - you have to be constantly controversial to maintain the status of celebrity. Reality TV is the death of entertainment - its just mindless TV but popular because of its voyeuristic nature, and people are very voyeuristic.
-- David Suchet

#Reality #Thinking #Ideas
Inevitably, every part an actor plays contains some of himself.
-- David Suchet

#Play #Actors
I don't really want people to see me. I'm not into stardom.
-- David Suchet

#People #Want #Stardom
I love music, especially classical like Verdi; it's a great way to relax.
-- David Suchet

#Relax #Way #Music Love
I'm really into my photography and am trying to catch up with digital generation - I was used to the old 35mm cameras.
-- David Suchet

#Photography #Trying #Cameras
I became fascinated by the fact that people write to give away rather than write to be read. It's the difference between playwrights and novelists.
-- David Suchet

#Writing #Differences #People
I'm really not interested in showing me or playing me. My gift as an actor, given to me, is to be able to become other people.
-- David Suchet

#People #Actors #Able
A successful swindler has to be a great salesman even more than a great actor.
-- David Suchet

#Successful #Actors #Swindlers
I'm never bored, never ever bored. If I've got a day off I'll sit in a cafe and watch and observe. I'm a great observer.
-- David Suchet

#Bored #Watches #Days Off
When I was 18 and not sure whether I wanted to be an actor, I realised that a playwright has no voice without an actor. That's my reason for acting: to get that character as right as possible for my writer. And I have never changed my philosophy.
-- David Suchet

#Philosophy #Character #Voice
Deep inside, I am desperate to do comedy.
-- David Suchet

#Comedy #Desperate
I'm 64 years old, and I've been acting now for 42 years. Only recently have I thought to myself, 'Hmmm, it may be interesting to start directing.'
-- David Suchet

#Years #Interesting #Acting
It's an honour to have such a wonderful international cast on board for this world famous murder mystery. Writer Stewart Harcourt has created an exquisite script. His attention to detail is impeccable.
-- David Suchet

#Boards #Attention #World
Although I'm a very emotional man, I just can't have blind faith, I have to find out for myself,
-- David Suchet

#Men #Emotional #Blind
I was a typical teen growing up in the 1960s, when everybody was into gurus and meditation,
-- David Suchet

#Growing Up #Meditation #Typical
When I was 16, I made some little 35mm documentaries about the poor in London. I went round Notting Hill, which was a real slum in the 1950s, shooting film.
-- David Suchet

#Real #Documentaries #Shooting

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