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Julian Richard Morley Sands (born 4 January 1958) is an English actor known for his roles in films such as The Killing Fields, A Room with a View, Warlock, Arachnophobia, and Vatel. On television, he is known for playing Vladimir Bierko in 24, and Jor-El in Smallville.

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Actors have a magic gene within them - I think they're the finest descendants of rogues and vagabonds - and it's all too easily forgotten what the acting legacy is.

Acting, Gene, Magic, Rogues, Thinking

The thing about Mumbai is you go five yards and all of human existence is revealed. It's an incredible cavalcade of life, and I love that.

Bombay, Incredible, Life, Mumbai, Yards

If you watch Olivier's interviews, he has this reptilian tongue; it seems too big for his mouth. My pursuit of that became distracting, so I let it go. The thrill was finding the right pair of glasses.

Glasses, Interviews, Let It Go, Right, Watches

I think there is an immense charm and humanity about the Bollywood structure, probably in the way there was about Hollywood film in the '30s and '40s. Somehow they were less distracted about hardware, and more about production values and people, you know?

30S, Hollywood, Hollywood Films, People, Thinking, Way

I just love doing broader work - I always get asked to do fairly heavy-duty, intense dramas and interesting, psychologically intense characters. But you know [sigh], it’s nice to make people laugh sometimes.

Character, Drama, Intense, Nice, People, Sigh

I subscribe to that school of thespian - to be a wandering minstrel or traveling player, a thing of rags and patches, of ballads, songs and snatches.

Player, School, Song, Subscribe, Thing

All actors are on the run from some demon or other.

Actors, Demon, Run, Running

Nobody could disappear to their trailer once it was up and running, you were all there on the same stage. It was 10 days of rehearsal and 10 days of shooting, which was very tiring.

Disappear, Rehearsal, Running, Same, Shooting, Trailer

It was a sad thing. I don't know how he learned that.

Film, Hollywood, Know, Know How, Sad, Thing

If one is reported as having set up camp overseas, it's as if one has made oneself unavailable.

Camp, Camps, Made, Oneself, Reported, Set

As a fortysomething actor, you reach a plateau of maturity from which you can really get stuck in.

Actors, Fortysomething, Maturity, Stuck

Acting has been gentrified. It's become part of the bourgeoisie. But there was a time when it would be a great scandal if you announced you were going to be an actor.

Acting, Actor, Bourgeoisie, Scandal, Time, Would Be

I'm more enthusiastic and excited about work than ever. I know now what I'm about.

Enthusiastic, Excited, Know, Knows, Work

When I take my kids to the zoo in Los Angeles, they always look the longest at the creature that moves the least - especially those in the reptile house. I asked myself: 'Who are the people that are pretty cool but also very still and monotone in their expression?' and I thought of Jose Mourinho.

Expression, Football, Pretty, Reptile, Soccer, Zoos