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Top 25 David Suchet Quotes (2025 Update)

David Suchet Quote: “I can’t try to convert anybody. It’s not in me to do that. But my faith has given me such an appreciation of people and meaningful relationships, and a world view which I didn’t have before. And although I will fail every day, it gives me something to aspire to.”

1. “I can’t try to convert anybody. It’s not in me to do that. But my faith has given me such an appreciation of people and meaningful relationships, and a world view which I didn’t have before. And although I will fail every day, it gives me something to aspire to.”

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David Suchet Quote: “A successful swindler has to be a great salesman even more than a great actor.”

2. “A successful swindler has to be a great salesman even more than a great actor.”

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David Suchet Quote: “I’m never bored, never ever bored. If I’ve got a day off I’ll sit in a cafe and watch and observe. I’m a great observer.”

3. “I’m never bored, never ever bored. If I’ve got a day off I’ll sit in a cafe and watch and observe. I’m a great observer.”

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David Suchet Quote: “I am very traditional as a man. I am not modern and never have been. I think I was born 50 years of age and out of my time.”

4. “I am very traditional as a man. I am not modern and never have been. I think I was born 50 years of age and out of my time.”

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David Suchet Quote: “I think its very dangerous, the idea of celebrity – you have to be constantly controversial to maintain the status of celebrity. Reality TV is the death of entertainment – its just mindless TV but popular because of its voyeuristic nature, and people are very voyeuristic.”

5. “I think its very dangerous, the idea of celebrity – you have to be constantly controversial to maintain the status of celebrity. Reality TV is the death of entertainment – its just mindless TV but popular because of its voyeuristic nature, and people are very voyeuristic.”

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David Suchet Quote: “When Hercule Poirot died on that late November afternoon in 2012, a part of me died with him.”

6. “When Hercule Poirot died on that late November afternoon in 2012, a part of me died with him.”

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David Suchet Quote: “So, if I ever played Napoleon it would be with an Italian accent. He was an outsider, which also interests me.”

7. “So, if I ever played Napoleon it would be with an Italian accent. He was an outsider, which also interests me.”

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David Suchet Quote: “Then, towards the end of the meal, Anthony Hicks leant across the table towards me and looked me straight in the eye. ‘I want you to remember’, he said, a touch fiercely, ‘that we, the audience, can and will smile with Poirot.’ Then he paused. ‘But we must never, ever, laugh at him.’ There was another pause. ‘And I am most certainly not joking.’ I gulped, before Rosalind said, equally forcefully, ‘And that is why we want you to play him.”

8. “Then, towards the end of the meal, Anthony Hicks leant across the table towards me and looked me straight in the eye. ‘I want you to remember’, he said, a touch fiercely, ‘that we, the audience, can and will smile with Poirot.’ Then he paused. ‘But we must never, ever, laugh at him.’ There was another pause. ‘And I am most certainly not joking.’ I gulped, before Rosalind said, equally forcefully, ‘And that is why we want you to play him.”

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David Suchet Quote: “As I look across at the camera for the final time, I think back to Poirot’s last words to Hastings on Friday. ‘Cher ami,’ I said softly, as he was leaving Poirot to rest. That phrase meant an enormous amount to me, which is why I repeated it after he had shut the door behind him. But my second ‘cher ami’ in that scene was for someone other than Hastings. It was for my dear, dear friend Poirot. I was saying goodbye to him as well, and I felt it with all my heart.”

9. “As I look across at the camera for the final time, I think back to Poirot’s last words to Hastings on Friday. ‘Cher ami,’ I said softly, as he was leaving Poirot to rest. That phrase meant an enormous amount to me, which is why I repeated it after he had shut the door behind him. But my second ‘cher ami’ in that scene was for someone other than Hastings. It was for my dear, dear friend Poirot. I was saying goodbye to him as well, and I felt it with all my heart.”

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David Suchet Quote: “When I was 16, I made some little 35mm documentaries about the poor in London. I went round Notting Hill, which was a real slum in the 1950s, shooting film.”

10. “When I was 16, I made some little 35mm documentaries about the poor in London. I went round Notting Hill, which was a real slum in the 1950s, shooting film.”

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David Suchet Quote: “I’m really not interested in showing me or playing me. My gift as an actor, given to me, is to be able to become other people.”

11. “I’m really not interested in showing me or playing me. My gift as an actor, given to me, is to be able to become other people.”

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David Suchet Quote: “I think I’ve grown up in an era where character acting on film has become less desirable for the producers and directors and therefore the audience. They have got used to the people that those actors really are.”

12. “I think I’ve grown up in an era where character acting on film has become less desirable for the producers and directors and therefore the audience. They have got used to the people that those actors really are.”

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David Suchet Quote: “I think we have reached a level in society – with Helen Mirren playing The Queen – when we’re not surprised any more. We don’t mention names. Yes, it’s obvious by inference. But we don’t mention names and the film is not up to point fingers at Royalty.”

13. “I think we have reached a level in society – with Helen Mirren playing The Queen – when we’re not surprised any more. We don’t mention names. Yes, it’s obvious by inference. But we don’t mention names and the film is not up to point fingers at Royalty.”

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David Suchet Quote: “I’m 64 years old, and I’ve been acting now for 42 years. Only recently have I thought to myself, ‘Hmmm, it may be interesting to start directing.’”

14. “I’m 64 years old, and I’ve been acting now for 42 years. Only recently have I thought to myself, ‘Hmmm, it may be interesting to start directing.’”

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David Suchet Quote: “When I was 18 and not sure whether I wanted to be an actor, I realised that a playwright has no voice without an actor. That’s my reason for acting: to get that character as right as possible for my writer. And I have never changed my philosophy.”

15. “When I was 18 and not sure whether I wanted to be an actor, I realised that a playwright has no voice without an actor. That’s my reason for acting: to get that character as right as possible for my writer. And I have never changed my philosophy.”

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David Suchet Quote: “It’s an honour to have such a wonderful international cast on board for this world famous murder mystery. Writer Stewart Harcourt has created an exquisite script. His attention to detail is impeccable.”

16. “It’s an honour to have such a wonderful international cast on board for this world famous murder mystery. Writer Stewart Harcourt has created an exquisite script. His attention to detail is impeccable.”

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David Suchet Quote: “I love music, especially classical like Verdi; it’s a great way to relax.”

17. “I love music, especially classical like Verdi; it’s a great way to relax.”

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David Suchet Quote: “My fun as an actor and my task as an actor is to transform myself to become other people. I enjoy becoming characters but I don’t enjoy becoming caricatures. The research I do is only necessary in so far as we move into other dimensions.”

18. “My fun as an actor and my task as an actor is to transform myself to become other people. I enjoy becoming characters but I don’t enjoy becoming caricatures. The research I do is only necessary in so far as we move into other dimensions.”

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David Suchet Quote: “I became fascinated by the fact that people write to give away rather than write to be read. It’s the difference between playwrights and novelists.”

19. “I became fascinated by the fact that people write to give away rather than write to be read. It’s the difference between playwrights and novelists.”

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David Suchet Quote: “I’m really into my photography and am trying to catch up with digital generation – I was used to the old 35mm cameras.”

20. “I’m really into my photography and am trying to catch up with digital generation – I was used to the old 35mm cameras.”

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David Suchet Quote: “Inevitably, every part an actor plays contains some of himself.”

21. “Inevitably, every part an actor plays contains some of himself.”

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David Suchet Quote: “Then, as the warm winds of May turned into an even warmer June, I started to write my private list of Poirot’s habits and character. I called it my ‘dossier of characteristics’. It ended up five pages long and detailed ninety-three different aspects of his life. I have the list to this day – in fact, I carried it around on the set with me throughout all my years as Poirot, just as I gave a copy to every director I worked with on a Poirot film.”

22. “Then, as the warm winds of May turned into an even warmer June, I started to write my private list of Poirot’s habits and character. I called it my ‘dossier of characteristics’. It ended up five pages long and detailed ninety-three different aspects of his life. I have the list to this day – in fact, I carried it around on the set with me throughout all my years as Poirot, just as I gave a copy to every director I worked with on a Poirot film.”

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David Suchet Quote: “I don’t really want people to see me. I’m not into stardom.”

23. “I don’t really want people to see me. I’m not into stardom.”

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David Suchet Quote: “Deep inside, I am desperate to do comedy.”

24. “Deep inside, I am desperate to do comedy.”

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David Suchet Quote: “It was for my dear, dear friend Poirot. I was saying goodbye to him as well, and I felt it with all my heart.”

25. “It was for my dear, dear friend Poirot. I was saying goodbye to him as well, and I felt it with all my heart.”

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