It doesn't work that way, you know, because most parts that you think you'd do well, most other … - Patrick Macnee

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. . . Grandpa's mind had left us, gone wild and wary. When I walked with him I could feel how strange it was. His thoughts swam between us, hidden under rocks, disappearing in weeds, and I was fishing for them, dangling my own words like baits and lures.

Patrick Macnee

It doesn't work that way, you know, because most parts that you think you'd do well, most other people don't. So they offer you something - The Avengers is a good example. . . I fitted into that because I came from that sort of background. It's not even acting.

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