Timothy Spall
Timothy Spall
Timothy Leonard Spall, OBEis an English actor and occasional presenter. He became a household name in the UK after appearing in the 1983 ITV comedy-drama series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth27 February 1957
CityLondon, England
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It was one of the first grown-up books I ever went out and bought. God knows why. He says in his book that his work was based entirely on a sense of duty. And his attitude and physical ability to separate it from his life is clear. Plus it is predicated on something we have forgotten about in modern society, which is an absolute sense of duty to God, King and country. He knew that his father and uncle took pride in the job.
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Are you asking me if I was shit? I think you are. You reckon I was probably shit at driving. I find that sort of thing offensive. I didn't go on that show for people to tell me I'm bad at driving.
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What appealed to me was that here was this man who, on the one hand, liked to sing and entertain in local pubs, but who was also the most proficient killing machine of the last century. I was drawn to the incongruity of it.
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You find yourself attached to five or six projects that never get made.
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You can make as many films as you like, but if nobody wants to put them on, what's the point?
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It doesn't bother me one iota that most of my career has been playing people who are not that - well, let's say that people wouldn't aspire to be like them.
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You can make as many films as you like, but if nobody wants to put them on, whats the point?
imagination cages beast
Imagination is a beast that has to be put in a cage.
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I know what I like when I see it, but no way have I ever become interested in learning about it.
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You can't live your life in a state of profundity, because you're never going to get anything done, and you're just profound.
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I was always insecure about the way I looked.
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Life is not all about profundity. Life is about little things that piss you off, little triumphs, little defeats. So, you can't spend all your time being profound.