Bruce Robinson
Bruce Robinson
Bruce Robinsonis an English director, screenwriter, novelist and actor. He is arguably most famous for writing and directing the cult classic Withnail and I, a film with comic and tragic elements set in London in the 1960s, which drew on his experiences as 'a chronic alcoholic and resting actor, living in squalor' in Camden Town...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth2 May 1946
busted carry flat hoping money
When I was writing 'Withnail,' I was so busted flat that I had one lightbulb that I would carry around the house with me. I mean, really. No furniture, no money, and I was hoping to be an actor, but I could never get a job.
Isn't that the definition of a star? Someone who can get a film made?
comedic directions felt script
I've always felt that in a comedy script the stage directions should also have a comedic value.
god money prefer
I'm not a religious person, but I prefer God to money.
My problem with being an actor was that I was far too shy to actually do it.
I've always been that contemptible thing, a luxury communist.
deliver mostly movies people
Mostly in movies an actor has to come to a mark, an X, and deliver his line - but that's so artificial, that's not how people really behave.
I read 'The Rum Diary,' and I didn't really like it very much.
age good todd
I think you're a good person or a todd by the age of eight.
extremely funny people
I like situational comedy when people are being completely serious and yet you can find something extremely funny, not jokes.
days doom feeling god kicking vague wake
I wake up most days with a vague feeling of doom - 'Dear God. Here I am again.' Then, when I read about politicians in the newspaper, the vengefulness starts. By mid-morning, the anxiety is kicking in.
bernard copy true
Bernard Shaw said that when you copy yourself, you know you've got style. And I feel that if you can write like you write, then you are true to yourself. And it's not an easy thing to do - it's a disgustingly difficult thing to do.
certainly childhood deal draw early given great life
My early life has given me a great deal to draw on, certainly - but would I have swapped a happy childhood for the writing? Yes.
assume life
If you are a junkyard dog, you assume that that's what life is: chained up, barking all day.