Timothy West Quotes

There was no real fringe theatre in London until way after the war, so either a play was done secretly with a club licence or it was done openly and had to be assessed along with everything else.

Timothy West

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: October 20, 1934

Topics

WarTheatrePlayDoneLondonWay

I always believe that most people could do it. I mean obviously I didn't just sit and stand. I used to love cradling the gun and just posing with the hand cocked ready to fire the gun, and the costume helped a great deal.

Jeremy Bulloch

LoveGreatFirePeopleBelieveGun

I was popular, and I enjoyed that, and my mother kept telling me I better take typing so I'd have something to fall back on. I didn't know what the future held, but once I got my law degree, I started to feel like, 'OK, I'm a serious person.'

Megyn Kelly

MotherFutureMeLawBetterFeel

There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.

Maya Angelou

YoungBelievingNothingKnowingGone

When you're dealing with a small community, every person counts.

Amanda Warren

CommunitySmallYouPersonDealing

However true it may be that we have estranged ourselves from Nature, it is nonetheless true that we feel we are in her and belong to her. It can be only her own working which pulsates also in us. We must find the way back to her again.

Rudolf Steiner

NatureFeelBackFindTrueWay

I grew up in the D.C. suburbs, and what I like about that place is that there's not a strong regional affect in the cultural imagination like there is in Dallas or San Francisco or New York City. You have a little more freedom as a novelist this way. The suburbs become a generic idea, and the place doesn't intrude into the narrative.

Rumaan Alam

FreedomImaginationNew YorkCity

We didn't burn out. We were fresh. So when you go through the 13 shows, that was it until the next time. That way, you went out and did your concerts and things, and you were ready to go again.

Roy Clark

TimeYouReadyGoBurnWay

I was bored one day, so my dad took me to this acting school. I liked it more than having fun - I liked it for an actual job.

Millie Bobby Brown

DayJobSchoolFunMeHaving Fun

I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home and have a good cry.

Josh Billings

GoodHomeAgeThinkYouCry

With sad music, or music that's perceived as sad, there's a sense of solidarity that can be really powerful. My songs are all joyful to me.

Josh Tillman

MusicSadMePowerfulSolidarity

Taking on challenging projects is the way that one grows and extends one's range as a writer, one's technical command, so I consider the time well-spent.

Donna Tartt

TimeWayTechnicalWell-SpentRange

That is the fun of being an actor. You play all different kinds of people.

Chris Messina

FunPeopleYouPlayActorDifferent

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