Dirk Bogarde
Dirk Bogarde
Sir Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde, known as Dirk Bogarde, was an English actor and writer. Initially a matinée idol in films such as Doctor in the Housefor the Rank Organisation, he later acted in art-house films. In a second career, he wrote seven best-selling volumes of memoirs, six novels and a volume of collected journalism, mainly from articles in The Daily Telegraph...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth28 March 1921
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But, after all, one cannot, at sixty-two, look back down the corridor of one's life and not have some doubts about the journey one has made. The doors which one opened are now all closed. The doors one did not dare open remain shut. The corridor is dark; only ahead is lighter. So one turns and proceeds in that direction. To go back is madness. To turn left or right, at this stage, is both exhausting and dangerous.
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The kind of acting I used to enjoy no longer exists because your prime consideration is the budget, running time, the cost - and whether they'll understand it in Milwaukee.
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I had my flies ripped so often that eventually, in public, I had to have a side zip... can you imagine anything more humiliating than that?
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The camera can photograph thought.
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Living in a tower, however secure it may feel, is hardly a social attribute.
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The camera can photograph thought. It's better than a paragraph of sweet polemic.
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I don't lose my temper often; about once every twenty years perhaps.
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It was said of me recently that I suffered from an Obsessional Privacy. I can only suppose it must be true.
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So I'm in quite the wrong profession obviously.