Ultimately it's a leap of faith and a leap of imagination to put yourself back in time into those conditions and situations and see how you would react.
Derek JacobiEvery person who is offered a knighthood has the opportunity to say yes or no. You get a letter from the Prime Minister saying you've been recommended for a knighthood and there are two little boxes, one says yes, one says no.
Derek JacobiI think that each character has fascinated and interested me enough to want to play him.
Derek JacobiHe was living in an age much more dangerous, more painful, much more on the edge than our own particular age.
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