Denholm Elliott Quotes

Denholm Elliott — English Actor born on May 31, 1922, died on October 06, 1992

Denholm Mitchell Elliott, CBE was an English film, television and theatre actor with more than 120 film and television credits. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. In the 1980s, he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in three consecutive years, the only actor ever to have achieved this. He is perhaps best known for portraying Dr Marcus Brody in Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and as "Coleman" in Trading Places... (wikipedia)

The English may love gardening and fishing, but they have never struck me as being close to nature. Their way of expression is 'the hollyhocks are awfully good' sort of thing, all done in very good taste. The savagery of nature is something they don't dwell upon.

'Trading Places' did more for my career than anything I'd ever done. It was a zonking great hit, and it was also just a joy to do.

I'm often given parts that aren't as big as they are colorful, but people remember them. When it's a minor or supporting role, you learn to make the most of what you're given. I can make two lines seem like 'Hamlet'.

I like films better than the theater because you have to spend so much energy projecting your voice from the stage in the sheer effort to be heard.

The conventionality of the English is something I find unattractive - the whole lack of joy in the physical.