Tom Wilkinson Browse All Authors Top 17 quotes by Tom Wilkinson I'm not sure there's a single car on the road in Cuba you could bring here and put in a car show, you have to admire how resourceful the Cubans have been, keeping these cars running and modernizing them as much as they can. Tom Wilkinson world You have to admire how resourceful the Cubans have been, keeping these cars running and modernizing them as much as they can, that said, by the standards of the American collector, they're way too rough. Tom Wilkinson world If you have something that you know is important to you and vital to you... then this will perhaps help people understand the importance of confronting it and being brave about it. Tom Wilkinson understand you brave people If the script is telling the story well, that is your inspiration, and you do not need to go somewhere else. Tom Wilkinson your story go you All good actors are easy to work with. It's the ones that aren't very good who tend to be very difficult. Tom Wilkinson good difficult easy work Once Miramax gets involved, if they like your movie, there's a big machine that gets involved. Tom Wilkinson machine your big like I won't say I wouldn't be grateful and happy and delighted and thrilled to bits to receive a nomination. But I wouldn't be suicidal if it didn't happen. Tom Wilkinson say be-grateful grateful happy It's no good being great in something that goes straight to video. Tom Wilkinson something being great good Acting for me is not that quid pro quo. Tom Wilkinson quid pro me acting You can't do things for money. You just can't act them. There's gotta be something about the script that you really want to do. I wouldn't do a job if I didn't think I could do the best work I possibly could. Tom Wilkinson best you money work There's only one shot you have at a movie, and that's your best shot. If you can't give it that, don't go. They're paying you! You gotta do a job for them. Tom Wilkinson best job go you One of the characteristics of plays that are made into films is that they can be very talky. Tom Wilkinson plays very characteristics made You don't have any kind of sense of being foolish when you are acting. When you're younger you don't want to look a fool, so you don't do things that might make you vulnerable. Tom Wilkinson look you fool want Most stuff you can do standing on your head. Tom Wilkinson head your you standing When you're an actor you don't really know what you have to do until you see what you look like. Tom Wilkinson see look know you I once did a role which I couldn't rehearse in my street clothes, I had to have the character's costume on before I could rehearse it. I just couldn't think as the character unless I looked like him, or I knew that I looked like him. Tom Wilkinson street think clothes character I would recommend it to everybody, every now and again you just put a dress on, see what it feels like, because it's, its interesting. A whole complex series of thoughts and feelings assail you as you look at yourself. Tom Wilkinson dress thoughts yourself you
