Tim Roth
Tim Roth
Timothy Simon "Tim" Rothis an English actor and director. He made his debut role in the 1982 television film Made in Britain. He garnered critical notice for his role as Myron in the 1984 film The Hit, for which he was nominated for a BAFTA Award. Roth gained more attention for his performances in The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, Vincent & Theo and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth14 May 1961
CityDulwich, England
scared stage-fright fright
I'm so scared of doing theater. I've got stage fright, although they keep asking me to come back.
people trying credit
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.
pain growing-pains
Any show in its first season is going to probably have some growing pains.
missing tourism tourists
I miss my family, and I like being a tourist when I go back.
movie dog scripts
You read a script and its based on 'Reservoir Dogs' and 'Pulp Fiction', and it goes right in the bin.
brother real father
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.
hands editors challenges
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.
different kind language
Doing TV is a different kind of language.
america coming-to-america extraordinary
Certainly coming to America has been extraordinary.
trying compare comparison
How would you compare Polanski or Kubrick? I try not to do any comparisons.
fall i-can ifs
I can't do anything else. So if this falls through, I'm screwed.
different
I love the idea of messing around with different mediums.
hands acting care
I don't care to analyze acting. On the other hand there is a fascination because distributors are putting out British films. You get films here with great performances you'll never see again. Why compare. We should go after the businessmen.
running hurt kids
When you know youre whoring it hurts. I have kids. I'm not going to run down an actor for doing this.