--- title: "1 Actor Kind Quotes By Tom Baker" description: "1 Actor Kind quotes by Tom Baker. Plus more from Tom Baker and more Actor Kind sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cef/tom-baker-11691_actor_i-m-really-not-an-actor-of-any-kind-i-ve_600913.png" --- > [I'm really not an actor of any kind. I've always seen myself as an entertainer, someone who makes people laugh. That's all I've ever wanted to do. 'Doctor Who' has always just been me, really.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-baker/i-m-really-not-an-actor-of-any-kind-i-ve-always-seen-myself-as-an/) [Tom Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-baker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cef/tom-baker-11691_actor_i-m-really-not-an-actor-of-any-kind-i-ve_600913.png) ## More by Tom Baker > [Instead of the 1997 film directed, written, by James Cameron with Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane creating a love story and a large…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-baker/instead-of-the-1997-film-directed-written-by-james-cameron-with/) [Tom Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-baker/) > [Not only don't I know who I am, but I'm very suspicious of people who do know who they are. I am sometimes ten…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-baker/not-only-don-t-i-know-who-i-am-but-i-m-very-suspicious-of-people-who/) [Tom Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-baker/) > [Lis Sladen was very important to me, you know. When I joined the little world of 'Doctor Who', Lis was already a star.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-baker/lis-sladen-was-very-important-to-me-you-know-when-i-joined-the-little/) [Tom Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-baker/) > [The Old Testament is my favourite science fantasy reading.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-baker/the-old-testament-is-my-favourite-science-fantasy-reading/) [Tom Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-baker/) > [Politicians are just Daily Mail journalists writ large, aren't they? They're always telling us what's going to happen, and we know they don't know!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-baker/politicians-are-just-daily-mail-journalists-writ-large-aren-t-they/) [Tom Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-baker/) > [A great tribute, is expressing the great love for a Grandmother we share with our children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-baker/a-great-tribute-is-expressing-the-great-love-for-a-grandmother-we/) [Tom Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-baker/) > [Life is like the rungs on a ladder. The reason they are placed so close together is that we can learn to take baby…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-baker/life-is-like-the-rungs-on-a-ladder-the-reason-they-are-placed-so/) [Tom Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-baker/) > [We are pre-disposed for fantasy, there is a natural impulse for human beings to want to get off their heads or out of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-baker/we-are-pre-disposed-for-fantasy-there-is-a-natural-impulse-for-human/) [Tom Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-baker/) > [I used to always be putting my hat on children being photographed and then getting home and discovering I was riddled with lice. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-baker/i-used-to-always-be-putting-my-hat-on-children-being-photographed-and/) [Tom Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-baker/) > [Well, I think people don't recognise my face because I'm so much older now, but it is astonishing that people can recognise a voice.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-baker/well-i-think-people-don-t-recognise-my-face-because-i-m-so-much-older/) [Tom Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-baker/) > [Some Christmas tree ornaments do more than glitter and glow, they represent a gift of love given a long time ago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-baker/some-christmas-tree-ornaments-do-more-than-glitter-and-glow-they/) [Tom Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-baker/) > [When judging others it's the intangibles that we often miss.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-baker/when-judging-others-it-s-the-intangibles-that-we-often-miss/) [Tom Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-baker/) > [I'm really not an actor of any kind. I've always seen myself as an entertainer, someone who makes people laugh. That's all I've ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-baker/i-m-really-not-an-actor-of-any-kind-i-ve-always-seen-myself-as-an/) [Tom Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-baker/) > [It's the end--but the moment has been prepared for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-baker/it-s-the-end-but-the-moment-has-been-prepared-for/) [Tom Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-baker/) > [It never occurred to me that I’d be typecast, although I was. And I never thought of the role as a commercial product, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-baker/it-never-occurred-to-me-that-i-d-be-typecast-although-i-was-and-i/) [Tom Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-baker/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor-kind/tom-baker/#itemlist", "name": "1 Actor Kind Quotes By Tom Baker", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm really not an actor of any kind. I've always seen myself as an entertainer, someone who makes people laugh. That's all I've ever wanted to do. 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