'Animal House' was sort of the first real, contemporary, youthful voice of the baby boom generation. It spoke to that audience, and it spoke to that part of me which was saying, 'Out with the old, in with the new.' Tim Matheson More Quotes by Tim Matheson More Quotes From Tim Matheson My parents were going through a divorce, and I used to go spend all weekend at the movies to get away from it all. There was something about the sameness of the movies. It was a place for me to go to express my emotions, you know, and let it out. Tim Matheson parentsplacemeyou For if you do, then shouldn't we blame the whole fraternity system? And if the whole fraternity system is guilty, then isn't this an indictment of our educational institutions in general? I put it to you, Greg - isn't this an indictment of our entire American society? Tim Matheson youblameguiltysociety I like real stories. Tim Matheson likerealstories I was born and raised in L.A. My father was born and raised in L.A. So we're old hands here. Tim Matheson i-was-bornbornfatherhands You know, I'm a big comic book fan. As a kid I used to collect them until there was a horrible mudslide in Hollywood and I lost my collection, but I was also at an early age the voice of 'Jonny Quest;' it was a cartoon; so I am kind of a latent fan boy. Tim Matheson i-amyouagebook Ronald Reagan was the Governor of California. He had earned the right to be considered for President of the United States. You learn a lot about a person by the way they have served. None of this applies to Trump. There's no disclosure with him. I just think the man is a very troubled, emotional mess. Tim Matheson thinkyoumanway Acting requires emotional flexibility and demands, and directing is more cerebral and managerial and a tactical kind of thing. Tim Matheson moreflexibilityemotionalacting I was directing as a kid in movies, and that was always my strongest interest. When I was under contract at Universal, I conned an editing room out of them and spent my money to rent a camera and shoot film and make some movies. Tim Matheson cameramoviesmoneyediting For me, all collecting must be done out of the love of the art. That being said, investment knowledge is absolutely mandatory so that you are really buying what you think you are buying. Tim Matheson meloveknowledgeart I have a paper, pencil, and ink sketch for a Mickey Mouse cartoon short entitled 'Mickey's Garden' from 1935. Tim Matheson mickey-mouseshortsketchgarden When I was a kid, at Disneyland, they used to sell Animation Cels for $5.00 at a Fantasyland store. They were called Courvoisier Cels. I was too young to be aware of just how cool that really was. Tim Matheson howkidcoolyoung When you're the president, there's tremendous respect, and everybody goes out of their way respecting you and honoring you... it can be a trap. Nobody says 'Boo' to you, and nobody tells you you're wrong, hardly, if you have the wrong people around you. Tim Matheson nobodyyourespectpeople Reagan was the conservative Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Tim Matheson reaganrooseveltconservative Rod Lurie is one of the most wonderful directors I have had the pleasure to work with. He shoots like Clint Eastwood: no fuss. When he gets it, he knows it - one or two takes. Tim Matheson likepleasureworkwonderful I always fall in love with every character I play. Tim Matheson playlovecharacterfall I like thrillers. That's a genre that I'm really taken with. I love Hitchcock, that thriller style. I'm a student of it. Tim Matheson studentlikestylelove I've played historical characters before, and I think the trap of all of them is if you try to do an impression. If that's what you're working on when you're doing a scene, then your focus is on the wrong thing. Tim Matheson doingthinkyoufocus If I was asked to do a film that was just trying to sell a political point of view or religious point of view, I wouldn't do that because that's a bad script. Tim Matheson viewbadpoliticaltrying I went to the prom with a girlfriend of my sister's, a platonic date. Tim Matheson datepromsistergirlfriend
