Timothy Dalton quotes

Timothy Dalton is a British actor renowned for his stage and screen performances. His portrayal of James Bond in "The Living Daylights" and "Licence to Kill" brought him worldwide fame. He is also recognized for his roles in television and period dramas. Here are 18 of his quotes:

If you behave like a regular guy, you get treated like a regular guy. You can't cut yourself off from the world. You ultimately would go crazy, wouldn't you? (Timothy Dalton)

Richard Burton was Welsh; Tom Jones is Welsh, and we Welshmen like to think of ourselves as heroes - on screen and off!

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The question of what is good acting has got to be paramount in order to keep developing. If you cease to think about it, you cease to develop. There's the showy style and the acting that doesn't look like acting. I go for the latter.

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He's terrific. I think [Casino Royale] is a huge step forward - a leap forward.

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I don't believe Bond is superman, a cardboard cut out or two-dimensional. He's got to be a human being. He's got to be identifiable, and that's what I'm trying to be... It's not a spoof, it's not light, it's not jokey.

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Roger can climb out of a pocket aeroplane and give a glib remark, I can't.

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Real courage is knowing what faces you and knowing how to face it.

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It was a remarkable time of my life. I don't think anyone except the few people who have played James Bond can tell you how strange and special it is and how much your life changes. I have no regrets about doing it at all.

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This is a film that really inhabits the proper world of James Bond. I mean, James Bond lives in a world that is violent and dangerous.

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You can't relate to a superhero, to a superman, but you can identify with a real man who in times of crisis draws forth some extraordinary quality from within himself and triumphs but only after a struggle.

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'Gone With The Wind' is one of the all-time greats. Read Margaret Mitchell's book and watch the film again; it's a soap opera in all its glory. It is superb and memorable. (Timothy Dalton)

I don't think anyone should grow up wanting to go around killing people. I don't think anyone should grow up wanting to be a secret agent.

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I don't think anyone except the few people who have played James Bond can tell you how strange and special it is and how much your life changes.

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I'm guessing the stress of having to write for a deadline can be inspiring. Sometimes, pressure is good.

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If you're a boy, you always want to be in a western; and any actor I know would like to be in a horror.

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Don't ask me about my career - I've forgotten most of it.

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If you grow up in Britain, you just do Shakespeare. If you go and work in a theater once or twice or three times in your life, you're going to end up doing a Shakespeare, because he's obviously such a brilliant, brilliant writer.

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It's horrid to be called a Shakespearean actor because that's incredibly limiting, and we love acting. We like telling stories, anything that excites us we want to be a part of. Science fiction is fun too!

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Occupation: British Actor
Born: March 21, 1946
Quotes count: 18
Wikipedia: Timothy Dalton

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