I quite like being mobbed. After all, it is extremely nice to be recognised. That's what acting is all about - being recognised.

David Hemmings

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The difference between an amateur and a professional photographer is that the amateur thinks the camera does the work. And they treat the camera with a certain amount of reverence. It is all about the kind of lens you choose, the kind of film stock you use… exactly the sort of perfection of the camera. Whereas, the professional the real professional – treats the camera with unutterable disdain. They pick up the camera and sling it aside. Because they know it’s the eye and the brain that count, not the mechanism that gets between them and the subject that counts.

eye real thinking

Nothing like a little disaster for sorting things out. by David Hemmings

Nothing like a little disaster for sorting things out.

sorting disaster littles

People thought I was dead. But I wasn't. I was just directing "Th... by David Hemmings

People thought I was dead. But I wasn't. I was just directing "The A-Team."

team people

Producing is a thankless task akin to hotel management. Unfortunately there are not too many good hotel managers.

hotel tasks management

I don't mind autograph hunters when I go down the fish and chip s... by David Hemmings

I don't mind autograph hunters when I go down the fish and chip shop. As long as I get my chips.

fish down mind long

I was, in my day, one of the best directors of episodic TV around... by David Hemmings

I was, in my day, one of the best directors of episodic TV around.

around tv best day

I live in a market town in a mill house with the river running both sides and Somerfield's car park only a loose nine iron away, and I really, really, really love it.

river live car love

I would never, ever, ever, ever say I have regretted the 'A-Team,' 'Magnum PI' or 'Murder She Wrote' or any of the others I did - and if you mention a television series, I'm sure I had a hand in it.

say never you television