Tim Blake Nelson
Tim Blake Nelson
Timothy Blake Nelsonis an American actor, writer and director...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth11 May 1964
CountryUnited States of America
drama comedy surprising
Drama and comedy, to me ,are all about being surprising, coherent, and true, all at once.
life-is contradiction messy
Really, life is full of contradictions. Life is messy.
oklahoma anti-semitism
I frankly encountered more anti-Semitism in the northeast than I did in Oklahoma, but not much either place. Anti-Semitism is not part of my life.
husband father writing
I think we all live dichotomies. I'm a father of three boys and a loyal homebody sort of husband and father. And yet I act in movies and write and direct movies.
oklahoma dollars louisiana
I tried to film 'Leaves of Grass' in Oklahoma, but it was literally about a million dollars less to shoot in Louisiana.
latin philosophy civilization
I wanted to get the most broad foundation for a lifelong education that I could find, and that was studying Latin and the classics. Meaning Roman and Greek history and philosophy and ancient civilizations.
fishing snakes water
I've done about every kind of fishing you can imagine, but I've never noodled. And the reason I've never noodled is because I don't want to get bit by a water moccasin. I'm just too afraid of snakes.
art changed fell lap life role utterly
'O Brother, Where Art Thou?' was this role that utterly fell into my lap and changed my life.
apart came exact licking life script whom wounds
I started writing 'Leaves Of Grass' when my professional life was falling apart somewhat. I just had a movie implode in pre-production. And so I came back licking my wounds to New York, where I live, and started to write a script about a protagonist for whom the exact same thing happened: His life was falling apart.
ask camera director hang instead sitting trailer watching work
When I'm in a movie, what I always do, instead of sitting in a trailer or watching a DVD, is I go on the set and watch the director work and the actors work, and sometimes I'll hang out with B camera and watch what they're up to and ask questions because there's so much to learn about the medium.