So, if I ever played Napoleon ...

So, if I ever played Napoleon it would be with an Italian accent. He was an outsider, which also interests me.
 David Suchet

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I was a typical teen growing up in the 1960s, when everybody was into gurus and meditation.
 David Suchet
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
I think I've grown up in an era where character acting on film has become less desirable for the producers and directors and therefore the audience. They have got used to the people that those actors really are.
 David Suchet
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
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.
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