There are far more good actors than there are jobs for them, so i... by Toby Jones

There are far more good actors than there are jobs for them, so it's a big question of luck.

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I still don't feel I know Hitchcock at all. I find that the more one looks, the more elusive he becomes. But my admiration for Hitchcock the filmmaker remains undiminished. He is a giant of the cinema and the darkness in him informs his cinematic language. You can't separate one from the other.

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Often jobs are un-turndownable even before you read the script. Y... by Toby Jones

Often jobs are un-turndownable even before you read the script. You go, "Well, I have to do that."

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All of these red carpet events may seem natural for you journalists, but it doesn't feel natural for actors.

You can't deny reality just because you can't explain it. by Toby Jones

You can't deny reality just because you can't explain it.

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When working abroad you work pretty hard, but with time off, this is the greatest job in the world. You drive. You explore Memphis, or wherever you've landed, or go and see Dr John, or the Californian landscape. And, yes, I've had a few good meals.

You always get told how important the premiere and doing the pres... by Toby Jones

You always get told how important the premiere and doing the press is, but I have suspicions.

premieres suspicion important

I didn't sound anything like Capote at the screen test. It was more like Bob Dylan. In his early years. With the flu.

I do always feel very proud and flattered by being asked to be a part of American productions playing American characters.

proud feels character

When you're training as an actor, a lot of the big work you're learning is to treat fictional characters like real people. You don't have the problem of discovering a backstory with real people, but there's always a mystery which is common to both fictional and factual characters. They are never quite the person you think they are.

real character thinking

I get plenty of time to re-engage with the world I'm trying to depict, so I'm not always living in these parallel worlds.

plenty trying world

I had to change the shape of my own voice. It was quite hard to pull off and so once I had it, I stayed in Hitchcock's voice all day on set.

hard voice shapes

I teach for the Book Trust, which promotes reading and writing wi... by Toby Jones

I teach for the Book Trust, which promotes reading and writing with children.

reading book children

Jennifer [Lawrence] is amazingly grounded in the midst of all this to do. It must be unnerving and hard to relate to the amount of attention she generates.

relate midst attention

I work best when a little scared, when there's so much more than... by Toby Jones

I work best when a little scared, when there's so much more than the lines to think about.

lines littles thinking

I would absolutely like to play more leading roles. There’s no philosophy - well, the only philosophy, I suppose, is to try and do different things.

play trying philosophy

If you ever have the good fortune to meet Tippi Hedren, she's an amazing woman. You can't quite believe she is the age she is.

amazing-woman age believe

Jennifer [Lawrence] and Josh [Hutcherson] seem very, very grounded. They're getting down to the film like they did last time.

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It's hard for it to make a mark in this city because London has s... by Toby Jones

It's hard for it to make a mark in this city because London has so much culture to offer.

london cities culture

They seem much rarer now, those auteur films that come out of a director's imagination and are elliptical and hermetic. All those films that got me into independent cinema when I was watching it seem thin on the ground.

independent imagination directors

It's hard to imagine anyone interested in film not being a fan of Alfred Hitchcock because he's such a key influence on the entire history of cinema - it's hard to escape his shadow.

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