I went to acting school, but ...

I went to acting school, but only for nine months. If you're an actor, you know, don't really need to learn how to do it.
 Patrick Macnee

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Accomplishment is such a patronizing, dangerous word, isn't it? I haven't really accomplished anything. The most accomplished thing I've done is to have lived this long - 81.
 Patrick Macnee
It doesn't work that way, you know, because most parts that you think you'd do well, most other people don't. So they offer you something - The Avengers is a good example... I fitted into that because I came from that sort of background. It's not even acting.
 Patrick Macnee
So I find the fascination, the love, the incredible skill and everything to do with acting, writing plays, and doing them, just darling. Lovely. I love actors.
 Patrick Macnee
Well, you know, I was through the whole of the Second World War and saw all my friends killed.
 Patrick Macnee