Terence Stamp
Terence Stamp
Terence Henry Stamp is an English actor. After training at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London he started his acting career in 1962. He has appeared in more than 60 films. His performance in the title role of Billy Budd, his film debut, earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor and a BAFTA nomination for Best Newcomer...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth22 July 1938
insecure actors
All actors are incredibly insecure.
fun
At this point, it's either for fun or it's for money. I don't take movies that I don't really like.
people villain
A lot of people only see me as villains.
real careers firsts
Peter Ustinov was the first really positive influence in my career. He was real and he bore witness to it. The things he said to you, he lived them.
bored newspapers stamps
A lot of newspapers say, Terence Stamp is playing himself and we're as bored as he is.
mother war saws
The very first film I ever saw was during the war. My mother took me, I must have been about 4, and that was Beau Geste, with Gary Cooper.
dancing tap-dancing stills
I'm still tap dancing. I'm still going.
boys invisible ability
As a boy I believed I could make myself invisible. I'm not sure that I ever could, but I certainly had the ability to pass unnoticed.
thinking energy overdrive
I have always had this energy, which I think of as overdrive.
cutting firsts dimensions
From the very first movie I ever made to the current time, there have been times between action and cut when I've sensed some kind of new dimension that I haven't been familiar with before.
way fancy enough
I have to be stretched in some way. There's not enough things that come my way that I fancy.
book reality comic
I wasn't at all sure I could make that sort of leap into that sort of comic book reality.
garden evening scent
I loved the scent of the wallflowers in the evening.
youth illustrators
In my youth I dreamed of being an illustrator.