One's self-image is very important because if that's in good shape, then you can do anything, or practically anything.
Usually one must go to a bowling alley to meet a woman of your stature.
Most of my friends seem to be either dead, extremely deaf or living on the wrong side of Kent. 
It is very hard to cast a number of plays adequately from the same company of actors without several parts being miscast. 
Before you can do something you must first be something. 
You can be good in a good movie, you can be good in a bad movie, you can be bad in a bad movie, but never, ever, be bad in a good movie. 
Your English style will no doubt put all the other gentlemen to bed. I speak figuratively, of course. 