Quotes by Tobin Bell

About Tobin Bell:

Tobin Bell is an American film and television character actor, known for his portrayal of John Kramer/Jigsaw of the Saw film series. After years of work doing stand-ins and background work on films, he got his first major acting job in Mississippi Burning (1988) and went on to star in made-for-television films and guest star in television shows throughout the 1990s.
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It's a great challenge and a wonderful journey how to figure out how to be an artist and to carve my way.

Tobin Bell

You know, the best-laid plans of mice and men... I like playing bad guys, and I don't have a problem doing that. They're interesting characters, and there's as many different kinds of bad guys as there are good guys - they're rich, they're strong, th...

Tobin Bell

'Buried Alive' is a little scary, but also a comedy at the same time.

Tobin Bell

Halloween is fun, but it wasn't always my favorite holiday. I think Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday.

Tobin Bell

I'm a character and relationship guy, and even with the 'Saw' films, it's special-effects people's jobs to create these scary things. It's not my job. My job is to bring some sense of humanity to the character, no matter how evil he may be. The scrip...

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In the the late seventies and early eighties, I played background roles in thirty movies... Woody Allen movies, Scorsese films, you name it. Whatever was being shot in New York, I was doing stand-in and background work because I wanted to be close to...

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I was raised on Westerns. They were part of what going into the movies was.

Tobin Bell

One of the first speaking roles I had was in a film called 'Svengali', with Peter O'Toole and Elizabeth Ashley. I was a waiter, and I had about three lines. And I was ready! I had been around people like that, and I knew they were just actors. All th...

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I learned that I could not do enough work; it's always incomplete. When you ask a question, the answer will raise four more questions, and those four will become eight.

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Author Bio

  • NameTobin Bell
  • DescriptionAmerican actor
  • BornAugust 7, 1942
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Screenwriter