I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don't take on characteristics which are very alien to me.
Jeremy IronsThere are a group of people who are managing the world to their advantage and who just look to the rest of us as people who will buy their products and fund their salaries.
Jeremy IronsYou have to communicate on a much greater scale. With a camera, you can use the flick of an eye. On stage, a lot of other things are happening that can pull focus or energy. You're always thinking the same way, but you have to amplify your thoughts with the volume of your speech and the ways you use your whole body to communicate what you're feeling. It's a little bit different from film.
Jeremy IronsMine is an actor's voice, not a singer's voice, but the part was written for an actor (Richard Burton), not a singer.
Jeremy IronsI've always believed that the great strength of the Internet is that it allows us to communicate with each other, it allows debate. And I think that gay marriage is a huge step forward. But debate is throwing ideas about, and when it becomes sort of a weapon of character assassination, I think that's crazy. I think the situation in America is different from in England, where we have civil partnership, and now the vote on gay marriage has been carried, and whether it will go through Parliament I don't know.
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