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Tim Roth Quotes & Quotations
Name:
Tim Roth
Type:
Actor
Nationality:
British
Birth day:
May 14
Birth year:
1961

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    A character I would love to play is Iago, from Othello. Tim-RothTim Roth
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    Bring back dueling, I say. Drive-by sword fight. Tim-RothTim Roth
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    Certainly coming to America has been extraordinary. Tim-RothTim Roth
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    Doing comedy for film is always a challenge because you are in the hands of the editor after the fact. I am hoping I can do some more soon, I enjoy doing comedy. Tim-RothTim Roth
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    How would you compare Polanski or Kubrick? I try not to do any comparisons. Tim-RothTim Roth
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    I didn't want to make soundtrack film or a gun movie. These are the reasons I wanted to make a movie. I wanted to make an adult movie. Tim-RothTim Roth
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    I have come close to producing films. But generally by the time they hit the screen, there's about 50 people with producer credits, so what's the point. I usually find scripts I like with no money attached and take them to producers that I know and try to raise finance. Tim-RothTim Roth
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    I miss my family, and I like being a tourist when I go back. Tim-RothTim Roth
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    I think every director has a different take, some are good, some are bad. The directors you get on best with sometimes don't make the best films, so who's to say who is right. Tim-RothTim Roth
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    I will watch everything that Cary Grant did, or Kubrick made or Bergman. Tim-RothTim Roth
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    I'd seen musicians act, and it scares me. And they make more money than me. Tim-RothTim Roth
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    I'm a workaholic. Tim-RothTim Roth
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    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-RothTim Roth
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    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-RothTim Roth
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    My mentors were my editiors. You come from location work with a million people and questions, and you get into the editing room, and its two people. Tim-RothTim Roth
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    One of the guys who worked at the Ape School became my stunt double so we just kept working on different things and just play around. Tim-RothTim Roth
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    The first role I ever did... I played a Nazi skinhead. Tim-RothTim Roth
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    The more varied the characters, the better, as far as I'm concerned. Tim-RothTim Roth
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    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-RothTim Roth
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    There just seems to be more acceptance now of... other kinds of British films, than the picture-postcard ones. Tim-RothTim Roth
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    Well, I think first it was rare for me to do anything that had any kind of a romantic note to it. Tim-Roth/">Tim Roth
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    When you know youre whoring it hurts. I have kids. I'm not going to run down an actor for doing this. Tim-Roth/">Tim Roth
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    You read a script and its based on Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, and it goes right in the bin. Tim-Roth/">Tim Roth