Tom Conti
Tom Conti
Thomas Antonio "Tom" Contiis a Scottish actor, theatre director and novelist of Italian Scots descent. He has won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 1979 for his performance in Whose Life Is It Anyway?. He has also been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1983 film, Reuben, Reuben...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth22 November 1941
girl air faults
When the plane is delayed, it's not the fault of the girl at the desk. I'm resigned to the fact that everything is out of my control and that air travel nowadays is barbaric.
silly people fame
Fame is a silly business. People who chase it are almost always going to be disappointed.
father wonderful nina
I am now known as Nina Conti's father and it's wonderful.
resistance natural humiliated
I have a natural resistance to being humiliated.
home italian past
I've always felt like a foreigner wherever I've lived. I don't feel much towards my Italian or Scottish roots, although I do cook the pasta at home.
kids men boys
If you look at movies with Cary Grant or Jimmy Stewart and all the rest of it, none of them looks like a boy. They always looked like mature men. The audience didn't want to go and see kids.
fun theatre television
It's all good fun - television and movies and so on - but the good thing in theatre is there's nothing and no one between you and the audience so you can do what you want really.
kitchen utensils plot
My temper manifests itself when I can't find something. I could swear that there is a plot against me to put kitchen utensils in the wrong drawers.
shock said related
Some friends said they weren't surprised to find out Napoleon and I were related, but it came as quite a shock to me.
people television film
There are so many people in film and television that get between a performer and the audience, and that's frustrating.
girl profession ifs
If you didn't join for the girls, choose another profession.
song writing one-day
I like writing songs - I keep saying that one day I'll do something with them, but I haven't yet.
procrastination habit worst
Procrastination is probably my worst habit out of many. Especially when it comes to paperwork.