“Maybe the memory does play tricks. Increasingly, I'm thinking, 'What was their name? I knew that name yesterday.' I think that's what happens. At some point, I'll forget that I ever worked with Peter Cook, I suppose, and Alan Bennett and Jonathan Miller.”

—  Dudley Moore

Interview, Independent, Sat 14/10/1995 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/interview-dudley-moore-1577458.html

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English actor, comedian, composer and musician 1935–2002

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