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Tim Pigott-Smith Quotes

English - Actor | May 13, 1946 - April 7, 2017

You normally either get bitten by a character and decide that is the way to play it, and then that begins to inform everything you do, or you decide, 'I don't need to use much character in this - I have basically got to be me'.

Tim Pigott-Smith

Character Me You Play Way Need

If you can't educate your citizens and you can't keep them healthy, you can't begin to be a society.

Tim Pigott-Smith

Society You Healthy Begin Keep Your

I would say that the money that was invested in me by Warwickshire Education Authority, which they did for five years, has been repaid a hundred times over. I have paid a lot more back to them in tax than they paid in support to me, but they helped me on my way - they launched me; they got me going.

Tim Pigott-Smith

Education Money Support Me Back Tax

'Jewel in the Crown' is the biggest exposure I've ever had on television.

Tim Pigott-Smith

Crown Television Exposure Jewel Ever

You can't keep a hero down, can you?

Tim Pigott-Smith

Hero You Down Keep

In television, I was first cast as a cavalry officer because of my name.

Tim Pigott-Smith

Name Television First Because Cast

When I get thinking, I get very knotted up. I chew things over a lot and take things quite seriously.

Tim Pigott-Smith

Thinking Seriously Over Up Take Get

Occasionally, there are programmes - like 'The Office' or 'Gavin and Stacey,' perhaps - where you get the feeling everybody's seen it.

Tim Pigott-Smith

You Feeling Office Seen Where Get

There is something about the way I photograph. People often say, 'Are you cross with me?' My eyes can look sort of... like a wall.

Tim Pigott-Smith

Eyes People Me You Look Wall

I never wanted to do film. I don't have the right face, and I don't like stardom. I like the fact that I have this wonderful thing that gives you status, but I'm most interested in doing decent work.

Tim Pigott-Smith

Work Face Doing You Never Right

Fame changed my life completely because, for a while, I was in a position to choose what I did. I miss that aspect. But I always felt uncomfortable with it.

Tim Pigott-Smith

Life My Life Uncomfortable Choose

Sometimes I Rollerblade to work, but it's most lovely in the park, and it's really quite safe there. I do it quite carefully, and I wear all the gear.

Tim Pigott-Smith

Work Sometimes Lovely Safe Park

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