A lot of great people have seen people portray them and loathed them. But I did my best and I don't think there is anything to be offended at.
Here is Mike Wallace, who is visible to the public, and I have been watching him since the early '50s. Smoking up a storm and insulting his guests and being absolutely wonderfully evil and charming too.
I couldn't believe when I first got a fan letter from Al Pacino, it was unreal.
I steered clear of all those political intrigues, particularly when you're having to play a character. So I have to shut my eyes and ears to that.
I want to paint Montreal as a rather fantastic city, which it was, because nobody knows today what it was like. And I'm one of the last survivors, or rapidly becoming one.
I was going to do Volpone, because I want to try all the outrageous, funny clown parts. It's hopeless, it's too unwieldy. It doesn't work.
I would rather not know about how one gets parts in movies these days.
I'm too old-fashioned to use a computer. I'm too old-fashioned to use a quill.
I've written about the early Montreal days, which I knew very well. I knew every bar-there were about 345 of them-so I have some damn good stories to tell.
In Stratford you either turn into an alcoholic or you better write.
It is a culture voice, but it is a very American culture voice, and I am very used to English culture voice. So I had to work like hell to flatten those R's.
It is so fashionable-this topic. People are dropping like flies as we speak. I think it will help scare people away from cigarettes.
Most of my life I have played a lot of famous people but most of them were dead so you have a poetic license.
My publisher in New York-Knopf, which is pretty damn good-keeps telling me, Get out of Canada as fast as you can.
Oh, all right, I'll do King Lear.
The drama critic for The Montreal Gazette gave me a good review in a high-school production of Pride and Prejudice. It went to my head.
The first time my father saw me in the flesh was on the stage, which is a bit weird. We went out to dinner, and he was charming and sweet, but I did all the talking.
The part of Mike Wallace drew me to the movie because I thought, what an outrageous part to play.
They realized I was alive again, even though I was playing an old, dying sop.
Working with Julie Andrews is like getting hit over the head with a valentine.
In 1999, Christopher won the LAFCA Award for Best Supporting Actor for his appearance in The Insider (1999).
Christopher trained to become a concert pianist before turning his attention to acting.
In 1982, Christopher was nominated for the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for his appearance in the film The Amateur (1981).
In 2003, Christopher was nominated for the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for his appearance in Ararat (2002).
In 1992, Christopher was nominated for the Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role for his appearance in Counterstrike (1991).
In 1959, Christopher was nominated for an Emmy for Best Single Performance by an Actor for the Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) episode Little Moon of Alban.
In 1977, Christopher won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series for his appearance in Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers (1976).
In 1994, Christopher won an Emmy for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for his work on the cartoon Madeline (1993).
In 2001, Christopher was nominated for the Video Premiere Award for Best Supporting Actor for his appearance in Full Disclosure (2001).
In 1999, Christopher won the BSFC Award for Best Supporting Actor for his appearance in The Insider (1999).
In 1955, Christopher played the role of Warwick in the original Broadway production of Jean Anoulih's Joan of Arc play, The Lark.
In 1982, Christopher played Iago to James Earl Jones' Othello in Shakespeare's Othello on Broadway.
Christopher was the recipient of the William Shakespeare Award at the Folger Library in Washington DC in 1990.
Christopher was a recipient of Canada's Governor-General Performing Arts Award in 2001.
Christopher received his place on Canada's Walk of Fame in 1996.
Christopher was inducted into New York City Hall of Fame in 1986.
Christopher was appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1968.
Christopher grew up in the village of Senneville, Qu?bec, Canada.
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