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The trimmings of wealth are not as important to me and my generation as they were to my parents' generation.


Ian Schrager

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IAN JACKSON We're going to create a portable handheld environment, and you should expect the same things you...
IAN JACKSON The hardest thing is the idea. Ideas come from somewhere but as far as we know they come from nowher...
IAN HUNTER I think writers, by nature, are more observers instead of participators.
IAN HUNTER It was a labor of love and they did really well.
IAN HUNTER Other people notice the same things but they don't think to put it to music.
IAN HUNTER Tell the truth.
IAN HUNTER If everyone's ready for a shot to start, except for one actor who's intent on getting to the...
IAN HOLM 'Whatever it takes' is my opinion of method acting and, indeed, any other kind of acting. Lo...
IAN HOLM I get a lot of fan mail addressed to Bilbo and sometimes Sir Bilbo - it's hardly ever addressed ...
IAN HOLM Scarlett Johansson was wonderful in 'Lost in Translation,' and then, seemingly within a coup...
IAN HOLM All performances are different. I don't think it's necessary to compare one with another. I ...
IAN HOLM