Alec Guinness

"I do think that I grew up very aware of the fact that I was adopted."

"The moment one learns English, complications set in."

"I'm not interested in the thing itself but in the effect it may have."

"I have always preferred the company of books and ideas."

"I think that all of us have a duty to mankind."

"Sometimes I think it's all a conspiracy, everyone pretending they know what they're doing."

"What I really like doing is nothing."

"I am a humanitarian, in the sense that I would like to see less suffering."

"Age is important only if one is cheese."

"Pretending is very close to believing."

"Most of my friends are English, which means I spend most of my time away from them."

"One has to grow, whether one likes it or not."

"I find the public passion for justice quite amusing."

"I would only ever be interested in meeting someone of considerable moral stature."

"I think there's a good deal of hypocrisy about."

"Acting is a form of confession."

"I have a terrible memory, so writing things down helps."

"I don't really like to talk about myself very much."

"What I really want to do is make people laugh."

"I'm more at peace with myself now than I ever have been."

"Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has ever known."

"I have no desire to be fashionable or chic."

"One has a duty to improve oneself as much as one can."

"I think it's important to read widely."

"Human nature is such that you have to give something to get something."

"I have found that the most rewarding things in life are often the hardest to achieve."

"The world is too much with us."

"I don't believe in fate or destiny. I believe that we make our own way."

"Kindness is the most important thing."

"I have always been interested in people."