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Ron Moody [1924-2015] British
Rank: 103
Actor


Ron Moody was a British actor, singer, composer and writer best known for his portrayal of Fagin in Oliver! and its 1983 Broadway revival.

Jealousy



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I've no regrets. You take responsibility for your actions.
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Working on a film, you don't get time to develop rivalries, but the theatre is like a little village, and the differences between me, Lionel and Georgia grew.
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Fate destined me to play Fagin. It was the part of a lifetime, and I was the only actor to be in the stage production and in the film.
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Now I can see I was at fault for not being more considerate, but when we were doing the show I didn't think it was my job to be considerate to other people.
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My training was that you fill in the canvas where it needs colour and polishing. You start with the words on the first night and keep adding bits of business.
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Playing Fagin in the play and film was a small miracle.
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My portrayal of Fagin was all to do with my experience in comedy and revue.
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I'd wanted to be an actor from the age of five.
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For me, making the show work was getting belly laughs - like most variety artists. But the straight actor believes you fix your performance in rehearsal and that's it.
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The day after the Oscars, I flew back to London to film a television play for Anglia. It was a big mistake because you never really get acknowledged for wanting to work in England, as I did.
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Pressure makes people react in different ways. Some people plunge in, and others take the way out.
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I was offered Fagin-type roles, but I wanted to do new things. I could have worked in America, but there was a recession in the British film industry, and I wanted to work in England. I've no regrets.
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Fate destined me to play 'Fagin.' It was the part of a lifetime.
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My proudest moment was the number 'Reviewing the Situation.' I suspect that, because I gave my all to the role and because I was working with such a fine team of people, it inhibited my future career.
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I would have liked to have been a professor of sociology.
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I watch people constantly.
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I love getting up in the morning with nothing else to do except write.
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If we destroy the biosphere, then mankind will die. We all waste our time worrying about stupid wars and petty jealousy and greed, and all the time, we're sitting on a time bomb. Jealousy
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I never thought about settling down. I was obsessed with my career - I was blinkered. I finally met a woman who was worthy of me. Then we settled down and had many children.
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The world is always reinventing itself, and so should you. I used to say, 'I haven't started yet.' Sadly, most people don't develop their potential.
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I felt very insecure about whether I was up to recreating my stage 'Fagin' in front of a camera.
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Summer of 1967 was one of the happiest times of my life.
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I'd been collecting eccentric moves since I was a kid and didn't even know that the dance step I improvised in 'Be Back Soon' was called a 'pas de basque.'
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I'll never forget seeing 'Guys and Dolls' over and over. I used to sit up in the coliseum watching this magnificent musical. Brilliant.
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I grew up with music hall and revue and was used to filling in the little gaps here and there to get bigger audience reaction.
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I went to the London School of Economics to study sociology and psychology on a serviceman's grant.
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I think I'm a straight actor who occasionally does musicals; most people think I'm an eccentric comedian. It's amazing how many years you can spend in this business just sorting out something as simple and basic as that.
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I don't think a professional agent or theatre manager would say my career had gone as well as perhaps it should have after that first 'Oliver!' success, but then again I was never really intending to have a career in the professional theatre in the first place.
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I always write 'Fight' on the mirrors - that goes way back to the times when you had to fight apathy.
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I was a stage-struck child from about 5 years onward.
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My father and my uncle used to be amateur monologuists because their generation grew up with Henry Irving and the like, and they had that style of delivery, of declamation: 'The Belllllls!' What we call 'ham' now, larger than life.
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I've worked with the old dames and knights - Edith Evans, Ralph Richardson - they're the most incredibly humble, kindly people because they are so big that they don't need to be unpleasant.
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