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title: "1 Doing Shakespeare Quotes By Timothy Dalton"
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> [If you grow up in Britain, you just do Shakespeare. If you go and work in a theater once or twice or three times in your life, you're going to end up doing a Shakespeare, because he's obviously such a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-dalton/if-you-grow-up-in-britain-you-just-do-shakespeare-if-you-go-and-work/)

[Timothy Dalton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-dalton/)

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## More by Timothy Dalton

> [I've never liked talking about my personal life, ever. Ever since I was 20, I've lived in a kind of public arena; and there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-dalton/i-ve-never-liked-talking-about-my-personal-life-ever-ever-since-i-was/)

[Timothy Dalton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-dalton/)

> [If you're a boy, you always want to be in a western; and any actor I know would like to be in a horror.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-dalton/if-you-re-a-boy-you-always-want-to-be-in-a-western-and-any-actor-i/)

[Timothy Dalton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-dalton/)

> [If you grow up in Britain, you just do Shakespeare. If you go and work in a theater once or twice or three times…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-dalton/if-you-grow-up-in-britain-you-just-do-shakespeare-if-you-go-and-work/)

[Timothy Dalton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-dalton/)

> [Don't ask me about my career - I've forgotten most of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-dalton/don-t-ask-me-about-my-career-i-ve-forgotten-most-of-it/)

[Timothy Dalton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-dalton/)

> [I can't think of anything worse than calling Shakespeare 'highbrow,' because on the one hand, it's brilliant writing. But his plays were popular. People…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-dalton/i-can-t-think-of-anything-worse-than-calling-shakespeare-highbrow/)

[Timothy Dalton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-dalton/)

> [You can't relate to a superhero, to a superman, but you can identify with a real man who in times of crisis draws forth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-dalton/you-can-t-relate-to-a-superhero-to-a-superman-but-you-can-identify/)

[Timothy Dalton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-dalton/)

> [I don't think anyone should grow up wanting to go around killing people. I don't think anyone should grow up wanting to be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-dalton/i-don-t-think-anyone-should-grow-up-wanting-to-go-around-killing/)

[Timothy Dalton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-dalton/)

> ['Gone With The Wind' is one of the all-time greats. Read Margaret Mitchell's book and watch the film again; it's a soap opera in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-dalton/gone-with-the-wind-is-one-of-the-all-time-greats-read-margaret/)

[Timothy Dalton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-dalton/)

> [Richard Burton was Welsh; Tom Jones is Welsh, and we Welshmen like to think of ourselves as heroes - on screen and off!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-dalton/richard-burton-was-welsh-tom-jones-is-welsh-and-we-welshmen-like-to/)

[Timothy Dalton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-dalton/)

> [It's very important to make the man believable so that you can stretch the fantasy. Whether people like this kind of Bond is another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-dalton/it-s-very-important-to-make-the-man-believable-so-that-you-can/)

[Timothy Dalton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-dalton/)

> [In animation, you can throw away people's defense. You can go right to the center of things, right through inside someone's heart. The characters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-dalton/in-animation-you-can-throw-away-people-s-defense-you-can-go-right-to/)

[Timothy Dalton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-dalton/)

> [I don't think anyone except the few people who have played James Bond can tell you how strange and special it is and how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-dalton/i-don-t-think-anyone-except-the-few-people-who-have-played-james-bond/)

[Timothy Dalton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-dalton/)

> [On one level, I would prefer never to hear the words 'James Bond' again, but on another level, it is part of my blood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-dalton/on-one-level-i-would-prefer-never-to-hear-the-words-james-bond-again/)

[Timothy Dalton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-dalton/)

> [If you want to believe in the fantasy on screen, then you have to believe in the characters and use them as a stepping-stone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-dalton/if-you-want-to-believe-in-the-fantasy-on-screen-then-you-have-to/)

[Timothy Dalton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-dalton/)

> [I'm guessing the stress of having to write for a deadline can be inspiring. Sometimes, pressure is good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-dalton/i-m-guessing-the-stress-of-having-to-write-for-a-deadline-can-be/)

[Timothy Dalton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-dalton/)

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