Tim Roth
Tim Roth
Timothy Simon "Tim" Rothis an English actor and director. He made his debut role in the 1982 television film Made in Britain. He garnered critical notice for his role as Myron in the 1984 film The Hit, for which he was nominated for a BAFTA Award. Roth gained more attention for his performances in The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, Vincent & Theo and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth14 May 1961
CityDulwich, England
thinking romantic-love firsts
Well, I think first it was rare for me to do anything that had any kind of a romantic note to it.
jobs thinking unemployment
I have a bad time between jobs because I'm always convinced I'll never work again. I think it may be an English thing, this fear of unemployment.
character concerned
The more varied the characters, the better, as far as I'm concerned.
brother real father
I'm sick of very white teeth and lots of gymnasium practice. I'm bored, you know, send in the next one. I wanted a real man that I could believe was my brother, my father, you know, my next-door neighbor - a real person.
hands editors challenges
Doing comedy for film is always a challenge because you are in the hands of the editor after the fact. I am hoping I can do some more soon, I enjoy doing comedy.
different kind language
Doing TV is a different kind of language.
america coming-to-america extraordinary
Certainly coming to America has been extraordinary.
trying compare comparison
How would you compare Polanski or Kubrick? I try not to do any comparisons.
fall i-can ifs
I can't do anything else. So if this falls through, I'm screwed.
different
I love the idea of messing around with different mediums.
hands acting care
I don't care to analyze acting. On the other hand there is a fascination because distributors are putting out British films. You get films here with great performances you'll never see again. Why compare. We should go after the businessmen.
running hurt kids
When you know youre whoring it hurts. I have kids. I'm not going to run down an actor for doing this.
roles firsts nazi
The first role I ever did... I played a Nazi skinhead.
couple night people
Now, people can watch the entire first series over a period that would probably take you a couple of nights.