English - Actor | May 13, 1946 - April 7, 2017
Your response to literature is to do with maturity; if you don't respond to a book or a poem when you are 12, you might when you are 13.
Tim Pigott-Smith
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Drama at Bristol was an academic course: you were judged on your A-levels, and there were no auditions. I did a BA General degree.
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Performing King Charles in Mike Bartlett's astonishing play in London and New York has been one of the high points of my career.
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After 'Jewel In the Crown,' I hardly worked at all for about six months - which came as a bit of a surprise, I have to admit.
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Villains are always the best roles, but that meant that for months afterwards, all I got offered were absolute cads and bounders and really nasty pieces of work, as well as a lot of people who only had one arm. Such is the limited imaginative power, you see, of a great many casting directors.
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One of the functions of drama is to teach.
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When you've won the war, you're faced with the problem of winning the peace.
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I used to think the actor's job was immersing himself completely in another personality.
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The 'reality' shows on television, the Internet, these things have encouraged people to behave with less and less restraint. We are broadcasting our emotions in public in a way that has never happened before.
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When I grew up, in the time of 'Look Back in Anger,' the theatre was very exciting, a place where you felt that social comment could lead to social change.
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I especially like the Padstow area and the south coast near Portloe. It's lovely, though I do wish it was a bit closer to London.
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My wife is a fantastic traveller. She's good fun and very optimistic. Even if things get bad, she's good at seeing the light side.
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