Author: Albert Finney

Quotes

My dad was great. He was very droll, very dry.

My dad was great. He was very droll, very dry.

- Albert Finney

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.

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.

- Albert Finney

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.

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.

- Albert Finney

She is up there with the best of them. I can only talk about my experience, but it was genuinely special.

She is up there with the best of them. I can only talk about my experience, but it was genuinely special.

- Albert Finney

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.

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.

- Albert Finney

No, she is right up there with the best I've 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.

- Albert Finney

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.

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.

- Albert Finney

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.

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.

- Albert Finney

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?'

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?'

- Albert Finney

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