You can make as many films as you like, but if nobody wants to put them on, whats the point? Timothy Spall More Quotes by Timothy Spall More Quotes From Timothy Spall It doesn't bother me one iota that most of my career has been playing people who are not that - well, let's say that people wouldn't aspire to be like them. Timothy Spall careersbotherpeople Life is not all about profundity. Life is about little things that piss you off, little triumphs, little defeats. So, you can't spend all your time being profound. Timothy Spall triumphlittlesprofound You can't live your life in a state of profundity, because you're never going to get anything done, and you're just profound. Timothy Spall live-your-lifedoneprofound There's nothing like the knowledge of being hanged in the morning to concentrate the mind wonderfully. Timothy Spall mindmorning There's nothing like a little bit of unemployment to kick the stuffing out of you when things are going well. Timothy Spall unemploymentwellslittles I was always insecure about the way I looked. Timothy Spall insecureway I know what I like when I see it, but no way have I ever become interested in learning about it. Timothy Spall knowsway I know I work quite hard at making people like me. Timothy Spall like-meknowspeople Imagination is a beast that has to be put in a cage. Timothy Spall cagesbeastimagination Never fear being a petty fool it means you ain't dying Timothy Spall fooldyingmean I'm working class, and want people to know I'm not unintelligent and all the other cliches that come with it. Timothy Spall wantclasspeople You invent this massive lagoon of information without any pressure to do anything apart from create this person, a person that might fit the bill that is the character that is emerging from the research. Timothy Spall youresearchpressurecharacter I don't play the lottery, as I feel I have been really lucky in what I have been able to do in my life, but if I did win, it would be the usual things - helping out the people I love. I'd probably squander a few quid on all sorts of unnecessary crap! Timothy Spall my-lifelovelifepeople I think anything that increases your understanding of the human condition... I think age and life, if you're lucky, makes you think deeper, and the other thing it makes you realize is that you never stop learning, and you never lose your fear of getting it wrong. Timothy Spall learningagefearlife When I was born, my dad was a scaffolder, and my mum worked in a chip shop. Then my mum taught herself how to be a hairdresser and ended up with her own salon; my dad became a postman and then a counter clerk. Our first house didn't have a bathroom. Timothy Spall ownborndadhouse It's an odd world. Timothy Spall oddworld I'm sick of having an opinion on everything. Getting older, you learn all sorts of things you're supposed to, but I feel like it's time, when you get older, through experience, to... I started to feel quite... what's the word? ... intimidated by seeing both sides of everything. Timothy Spall yougetting-olderexperiencetime There's two types of character actors. There's character actors who play all different characters. Or there's actors who always play the same part; they're just a bit funny-looking. Timothy Spall alwaysdifferentplaycharacter There's posh character actors. For God's sake, Olivier was one of the greatest character actors in the world. Hamlet, Shylock, Othello - Othello! Whether you like it or not. Timothy Spall yougodcharacterworld I played Othello at RADA - blacked up. I didn't know it was going to be offensive now! Timothy Spall goingnowupknow
