Ultimately it's a leap of f... by Derek Jacobi, a British Actor

Derek Jacobi Quotes

“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.”

50% of people like this quote

Derek Jacobi

Author details

Name: Derek Jacobi

Nationality: British

Date of Birth: Oct 22, 1938

Profession: Actor

Tom Wopat Jean-Louis Barrault Devon Werkheiser

Other Derek Jacobi Quotes

Ellis Peters's historical detail is very accurate and very minute, and therefore is not only interesting to read but good for an actor to acquire a sense of the period. And the other thing I think is that an actor lives in the land of imagination.

Derek Jacobi

63% of people like this quote

I would like to be as fit as I've always been. I've been blessed with good health, I've been blessed with stamina. Particularly for those great classical roles, you need an Olympian stamina. I, fortunately, have that.

Derek Jacobi

60% of people like this quote

He was living in an age much more dangerous, more painful, much more on the edge than our own particular age.

Derek Jacobi

60% of people like this quote

Sir Larry could be very strict and a disciplinarian, too. He had many faces; he wore many hats. But, ultimately, he loved the theater and he loved actors.

Derek Jacobi

58% of people like this quote

It's too hard a life for me. I could only do it - check out in that sense - if I checked out somewhere that was luxurious and within hailing distance of civilization.

Derek Jacobi

57% of people like this quote

View all Derek Jacobi quotes