Tim Roth Professions : ActorBorn : May 14, 1961 Browse All Authors Top 44 quotes by Tim Roth A character I would love to play is Iago, from Othello. Tim Roth playcharacter There is less pressure as a character actor. It generally means that you will be acting for all of your life, which is my intention. It is not my intention to just be a rich and famous person, that would be pretty boring. Tim Roth actingcharactermean I'm sick of very white teeth and lots of gymnasium practice. I'm bored, you know, send in the next one. I wanted a real man that I could believe was my brother, my father, you know, my next-door neighbor - a real person. Tim Roth realbrotherfather I like the idea of experimenting with different kinds of formats, and I think you've got to keep on your toes and keep changing. Tim Roth differentideasthinking I will watch everything that Cary Grant did, or Kubrick made or Bergman. Tim Roth bergmanmadewatches I have a bad time between jobs because I'm always convinced I'll never work again. I think it may be an English thing, this fear of unemployment. Tim Roth unemploymentjobsthinking If you meet somebody who's spent any length of time in prison, you don't let your guard down. Ever. And really, that's what that was about-if you open up too much, you're asking to get your teeth kicked in. Tim Roth teethtoo-muchasking The better the writing, the easier it gets. Tim Roth easierwriting I miss my family, and I like being a tourist when I go back. Tim Roth tourismtouristsmissing Ilike ideas writers have that I might not have written. Writers are there for a reason... to write for me. Tim Roth writingmightideas I can't do anything else. So if this falls through, I'm screwed. Tim Roth i-canifsfall I don't care to analyze acting. On the other hand there is a fascination because distributors are putting out British films. You get films here with great performances you'll never see again. Why compare. We should go after the businessmen. Tim Roth fascinationactinghands How would you compare Polanski or Kubrick? I try not to do any comparisons. Tim Roth comparisoncomparetrying There just seems to be more acceptance now of other kinds of British films, than the picture-postcard ones. Tim Roth filmkindacceptance When something arrives, you have no idea what's in it, which is good. And then, it's is the story leaps off the page at you and how your character functions within it. There could be just one scene and if it's wonderful, it doesn't matter how much you're working on it because you just want to be in it. It's really about what your character's day to day world looks like, and if you feel like that's something that's complete, and that you'd like to inhabit for awhile. You'll know by a couple of scenes in. If the character grabs you, you run with it. Tim Roth couplerunningcharacter I'm so scared of doing theater. I've got stage fright, although they keep asking me to come back. Tim Roth scaredtheaterasking The only thing I won't do is theater. Tim Roth theater Any show in its first season is going to probably have some growing pains. Tim Roth growingpainfirsts Now, people can watch the entire first series over a period that would probably take you a couple of nights. Tim Roth couplenightpeople Mostly, people watch their shows online and they watch them in a block. They don't have to tolerate the commercials, and they also don't have to wait another week. People binge watch. It's interesting. Tim Roth blockpeopleinteresting Similar Authors Ian Mckellen actor Adhir Kalyan actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje actor Bert Lahr actor Alan Arkin actor Alan Alda actorAll Authors
