About Tim Roth: Timothy Simon "Tim" Roth is an English actor and director.
I think every director has a different take, some are good, some are bad. The directors you get on best with sometimes don't make the best films, so who's to say who is right.
There just seems to be more acceptance now of... other kinds of British films, than the picture-postcard ones.
I will watch everything that Cary Grant did, or Kubrick made or Bergman.
The more varied the characters, the better, as far as I'm concerned.
The first role I ever did... I played a Nazi skinhead.
I can't do anything else. So if this falls through, I'm screwed.
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.
Bring back dueling, I say. Drive-by sword fight.
Everyone is an abused child, if you think about what governments do.
Ilike ideas writers have that I might not have written. Writers are there for a reason... to write for me.
How would you compare Polanski or Kubrick? I try not to do any comparisons.
When you know youre whoring it hurts. I have kids. I'm not going to run down an actor for doing this.
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.
Certainly coming to America has been extraordinary.
I get invited to an awful lot of Jewish functions.
I miss my family, and I like being a tourist when I go back.
I started off on stage because it was the only work I could get. I haven't been back for 11 years. I think any stage experience is good experience, as far as being an actor is concerned.
My dad was a Communist Party member who fought for his country.
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.
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 t...
