Brian Cox quotes

Brian Cox is a Scottish actor acclaimed for his powerful performances on stage and screen. His distinguished career includes roles in films such as "Braveheart," "Adaptation," and the television series "Succession." He is celebrated for his versatility and commanding presence in both classical and contemporary works. Here are 14 of his quotes:

Science is too important not to be a part of popular culture. (Brian Cox)

Look at that! If you ever needed convincing that we live in the solar system, that we are on a ball of rock, orbiting around the Sun with other balls of rock, then look at that! That's the solar system coming down and grabbing you by the throat.

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We are the cosmos made conscious and life is the means by which the universe understands itself.

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Skepticism must go hand in hand with rationality. When theories are shown to be false, the correct thing to do is to move on.

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What scientists are attached to is journeys into the unknown and discovering things that are completely unexpected and baffling and surprising.

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Feudal societies don't create great cinema; we have great theatre. The egalitarian societies create great cinema. The Americans, the French. Because equality is sort of what the cinema deals with. It deals with stories which don't fall into 'Everybody in their place and who's who,' and all that. But the theatre's full of that.

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We have written the evidence of our existence onto the surface of our planet. Our civilisation has become a beacon, that identifies our planet as home to life.

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In a sense I feel very much a part of the cinema now in a way where when I come back to the theater now I feel like a visitor. The cinema is really what I enjoy. I want to do more independent movies.

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The fact is that Hollywood, from as early as the sixties to the present time, has ghettoized cinema into the big industry, a marketing industry. In doing this, the audiences have lost touch with the aspects of film which were to be informative and educational and even spiritual.

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There are characters that have made me uncomfortable. I did a film called 'Rob Roy,' and I played Killearn, who was this sort of greasy fallen-angel character who was voyeuristic and sleazy and really unpleasant. It was a great role, but I didn't especially enjoy living with this awful man for the length of time it took to make the movie.

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Even the Australians don't know how beautiful their own country is. Particularly where we were shooting 'The Straits.' Most of my stuff was done on an aboriginal settlement on the south shore, opposite Cairns, which I believe was the site where the last person was eaten in Australia. (Brian Cox)

Unlike New Zealand, which has nothing especially predatory, Australia is full of spiders and crocodiles and all kinds of animals that will eat you and sting you.

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The trouble with New York today is that it's lost its balance. I love the new, greener New York, but it takes all kinds of worlds to make a World.

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I always think I look like the Elephant Man - I can't get used to my own image.

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Occupation: Scottish Actor
Born: June 1, 1946
Quotes count: 14

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