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Article: CATCH OF THE DAY... As these exclusive pictures show, Albert Finney's role in Tim Burton's critically acclaimed Big Fish is the strangest of his 40-year career.
- Article from:
- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 4, 2004
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Byline: DAVID EIMER
Despite his status as one of Britain's best-loved and most accomplished actors, Albert Finney isn't one to stand on his dignity. Take his account of the moment when he realised that he was a star. 'It was after I had made Tom Jones. I went around the world by myself - I just wanted to travel - and I was in Hawaii.
And I'd caught body lice.
'So I went into a chemist and said very quietly, "Have you got anything for lice?"
The assistant shouted back, "Mr Finney, we sure have." That's when I realised that I was famous - at the wrong time.' It's a typical Finney anecdote, recounted with relish in his deep, resonant ...