English - Actor | February 27, 1957 -
It's an odd world.
Timothy Spall
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I'm sick of having an opinion on everything. Getting older, you learn all sorts of things you're supposed to, but I feel like it's time, when you get older, through experience, to... I started to feel quite... what's the word? ... intimidated by seeing both sides of everything.
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There's two types of character actors. There's character actors who play all different characters. Or there's actors who always play the same part; they're just a bit funny-looking.
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There's posh character actors. For God's sake, Olivier was one of the greatest character actors in the world. Hamlet, Shylock, Othello - Othello! Whether you like it or not.
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I played Othello at RADA - blacked up. I didn't know it was going to be offensive now!
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In 1996, when I was being treated for leukaemia, at one point I had a vicious infection that was trying to claim me. Mercifully, due to love and expertise, I pulled through.
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If you are afflicted with an artistic feeling, it's just perfecting something.
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I don't enjoy the theatre. I don't go. Don't like going in the back door or the front.
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The older I get, the more I feel that's all we are: a big bunch of feelings and instincts all wrapped up in some brief encounter with intellect.
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As you get older and more thoughtful, you carry stuff with you. Your kids get older, you take on their sorrows, you enjoy their triumphs. Life doesn't always go to plan.
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You never know what is going to happen to you in life.
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I feel a bit uncomfortable talking about awards.
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