I love film noir, so Billy Wilder is like my favorite director of all time. — Tony Todd Copy Share Image
So I grew up watching film noir, you know the classic stuff. William Holden, Richard Widmark, Robert Mitchum, all those. — Tony Todd Copy Share Image
With film sometimes you're thrown in there and you literally hit the ground running, taking your best shot and just leave it… — Tony Todd Copy Share Image
Even if you do a great performance, if you have a weak link in the film, that's all anyone remembers. — Tony Todd Copy Share Image
Whenever I can make it work out, and schedule permitting, I like to help young filmmakers. — Tony Todd Copy Share Image
Yes, I would like to be involved in something that would hopefully be a blockbuster, but I'm interested in seeing new filmmakers… — Tony Todd Copy Share Image
I've worked with directors who have done it too much, particularly in television, you know, 'okay we got it, let's move on,… — Tony Todd Copy Share Image
I did a film in Nairobi, Kenya called 'The Last Elephant,' with John Lithgow, Isabella Rosallini, and James Earl Jones. So I… — Tony Todd Copy Share Image
You don't necessarily have to go to film school to be a brilliant film maker. If you are a good listener and… — Tony Todd Copy Share Image
Yes, I would like to be involved in something that would hopefully be a blockbuster, but I'm interested in seeing new filmmakers telling new… — Tony Todd Copy Share
I grew up a poor kid to a single mom, so as an African-American actor I have a responsibility to hold the mirror up… — Tony Todd Copy Share
It's very interesting that most of the roles I've gotten are grim, when I'm actually a very well-adjusted man and had a happy upbringing.… — Tony Todd Copy Share
People who come through television, if they don't get distracted, they learn how to shoot fast. They don't get shocked. And if they know… — Tony Todd Copy Share
I was going to Hartford High School and when the theater bug hit, it hit hard and it saved my life. It gave me… — Tony Todd Copy Share
I was raised by my aunt and we bonded over the eight-o-clock movie on TV. We'd watch everything from James Cagney in 'White Heat'… — Tony Todd Copy Share
But you have to be told you're special first before you believe it yourself. I was first told I was special by my aunt.… — Tony Todd Copy Share
I get sent horror scripts every week and most of them are putrid. A lot of people think it's an easy medium but it's… — Tony Todd Copy Share
It's not like I wakeup everyday and say, 'You know what, I need to do a horror film.' Statistically it's only like forty percent… — Tony Todd Copy Share
