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
character play
A character I would love to play is Iago, from Othello.
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.
awful function invited
I get invited to an awful lot of Jewish functions.
change nice thinking
A good part of why I never went back to England was part of that, I didn't want to be in those sort of flowery films. But I think it's a nice change of pace-I don't know how long it'll go for. There will always be the Merchant-Ivory/Kenneth Branagh movies, but there's something else now-really, it's always been there but the Americans getting to see it makes all the difference.
trying compare comparison
How would you compare Polanski or Kubrick? I try not to do any comparisons.
scare musician more-money
I'd seen musicians act, and it scares me. And they make more money than me.
missing tourism tourists
I miss my family, and I like being a tourist when I go back.
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.
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.
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.
roles firsts nazi
The first role I ever did... I played a Nazi skinhead.
country dad party
My dad was a Communist Party member who fought for his country.
british-actor
Bring back dueling, I say. Drive-by sword fight.
acceptance british-actor seems
There just seems to be more acceptance now of... other kinds of British films, than the picture-postcard ones.