Tim Pigott-Smith Quotes

When I was 16, we moved to live in Stratford-Upon-Avon. That was the year of Paul Scofield's 'Lear.' I think he is still widely perceived as the only actor who has got his flag at the top of the mountain.

Tim Pigott-Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: May 13, 1946 - April 7, 2017

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I knew it would be painful to write a memoir.

Jesmyn Ward

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If you can laugh with somebody and relate to somebody, it becomes harder to dehumanize them. I think that most of what we are constantly bombarded with in terms of media leads you to a creation of 'the Other' and a dehumanization of 'the Other,' and it's very much an us-versus-them conversation.

Jehane Noujaim

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God has positioned me just this way to be just like I am, to say what I say how I say it.

Steve Harvey

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Coming from an Asian culture, I was always taught to respect my elders, to be a better listener than a talker.

Lisa Ling

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I don't want the giant ego. I don't want to become Kevin Costner, singing on the soundtrack to The Postman.

Joss Whedon

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It used to take a day to get over the partying. But I don't party anymore. I don't miss it, either.

Clarence Clemons

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I really enjoy being with the people I play with. I enjoy their company. I love the crew, the band - we just move through the country like an army. I always feel very grateful to be up there. There aren't any bad nights anymore unless I'm singing bad, but then the band will carry me. And if they're playing bad, I will carry them..

Bob Seger

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Most actresses save their best gown of the award season for the Academy, so it truly is a red carpet full of the fashion's creme de la creme.

Ashlan Gorse Cousteau

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Someone had told me about a house in Wandsworth, southwest London - 21 Blenkarne Road - with an incredible garden, so I went and had a look. I walked in and just said, 'I want it.'

Susannah York

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I come from an artistic family. My dad's an actor, my mother's an actress, my sister's an actress. So I kind of grew up in that kind of environment. Oddly enough, I never really knew about my parents' work. I've seen small clips of it, but we never actually spoke about the business.

Portia Doubleday

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There are people for everybody, and luckily, I found mine.

Pete Davidson

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You know how my mother and father met? In a train robbery!

Tzipi Livni

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