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Tim Pigott-Smith Quotes

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

Tim Pigott-Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Name Television First Because Cast

Most of my major roles have been to play characters that the audience does not initially like or warm up to and then they grow to like in spite of that.

Grow Warm Play Audience Up Been

Who I was back then, when I started on 'One Tree Hill,' is so different from who I am now. Coming off Laguna, being 19 years old, and thrown into this odd, ridiculous spotlight, wasn't for me. There have always been haters, and people don't want to give you a chance or the benefit of the doubt, but this show gave me an opportunity.

Stephen Colletti

Opportunity Tree I Am People Me You

What can I say, I'm an alcoholic. It's what I do.

On the last drafts, I focus on the words themselves, including the rub of vowels and consonants, stressed and unstressed syllables. Yet even at this stage I'm often surprised. A different ending or a new character shows up and I'm back to where I began, letting the story happen, just trying to stay out of the way.

Character Focus Words Ending Story

In the ballet studio, it was such an organized and disciplined environment, like I'd never had in my life. Seeing myself in the mirror, surrounded by the classical music, that's when I started to fall in love with dance.

Life Love Music Mirror Myself Dance

People are often shy to acknowledge that they are Bengalis. They somehow take pride in saying that they cannot speak or read the language.

Mithun Chakraborty

People Saying Speak Pride Language

Funding for sports (and the arts) are often the first things facing the chop in difficult times.

Sports Difficult First Things Arts

To be honest I quit taking training and fighting so seriously and went back to living my life and having fun. I try to teach that to all the guys who come out here to train and live with me.

Life Live Training Fun Me Fighting

It is when I am on stage that I feel most comfortable. It is my home. It is the only thing I have known since I was a kid.

Home I Am Feel Comfortable Kid Only

When I first started, they were trying to get me into sitcoms - I think because I had that kind of Wonder Bread look and my hair always went into place. I kept saying, 'I'm not good at sitcoms. I don't know how to do that.'

Good Me Hair Saying Think Look

Gene Autry was the most. It may sound like a joke - Go and have a look in my bedroom, It's covered with Gene Autry posters. He was my first musical influence.

Influence Look Go Bedroom First May

If the present is any guide, government-sanctioned, counterfeit history is in your future.

Future History Present Guide Your

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