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> [You can't do things for money. You just can't act them. There's gotta be something about the script that you really want to do. I wouldn't do a job if I didn't think I could do the best work I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wilkinson/you-can-t-do-things-for-money-you-just-can-t-act-them-there-s-gotta/)

[Tom Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wilkinson/)

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## More by Tom Wilkinson

> [When you're an actor you don't really know what you have to do until you see what you look like.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wilkinson/when-you-re-an-actor-you-don-t-really-know-what-you-have-to-do-until/)

[Tom Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wilkinson/)

> [I won't say I wouldn't be grateful and happy and delighted and thrilled to bits to receive a nomination. But I wouldn't be suicidal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wilkinson/i-won-t-say-i-wouldn-t-be-grateful-and-happy-and-delighted-and/)

[Tom Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wilkinson/)

> [If the script is telling the story well, that is your inspiration, and you do not need to go somewhere else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wilkinson/if-the-script-is-telling-the-story-well-that-is-your-inspiration-and/)

[Tom Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wilkinson/)

> [There's only one shot you have at a movie, and that's your best shot. If you can't give it that, don't go. They're paying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wilkinson/there-s-only-one-shot-you-have-at-a-movie-and-that-s-your-best-shot/)

[Tom Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wilkinson/)

> [I would recommend it to everybody, every now and again you just put a dress on, see what it feels like, because it's, its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wilkinson/i-would-recommend-it-to-everybody-every-now-and-again-you-just-put-a/)

[Tom Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wilkinson/)

> [Once Miramax gets involved, if they like your movie, there's a big machine that gets involved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wilkinson/once-miramax-gets-involved-if-they-like-your-movie-there-s-a-big/)

[Tom Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wilkinson/)

> [You don't have any kind of sense of being foolish when you are acting. When you're younger you don't want to look a fool,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wilkinson/you-don-t-have-any-kind-of-sense-of-being-foolish-when-you-are-acting/)

[Tom Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wilkinson/)

> [It's no good being great in something that goes straight to video.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wilkinson/it-s-no-good-being-great-in-something-that-goes-straight-to-video/)

[Tom Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wilkinson/)

> [All good actors are easy to work with. It's the ones that aren't very good who tend to be very difficult.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wilkinson/all-good-actors-are-easy-to-work-with-it-s-the-ones-that-aren-t-very/)

[Tom Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wilkinson/)

> [I once did a role which I couldn't rehearse in my street clothes, I had to have the character's costume on before I could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wilkinson/i-once-did-a-role-which-i-couldn-t-rehearse-in-my-street-clothes-i/)

[Tom Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wilkinson/)

> [You can't do things for money. You just can't act them. There's gotta be something about the script that you really want to do.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wilkinson/you-can-t-do-things-for-money-you-just-can-t-act-them-there-s-gotta/)

[Tom Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wilkinson/)

> [If you have something that you know is important to you and vital to you... then this will perhaps help people understand the importance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wilkinson/if-you-have-something-that-you-know-is-important-to-you-and-vital-to/)

[Tom Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wilkinson/)

> [Acting for me is not that quid pro quo.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wilkinson/acting-for-me-is-not-that-quid-pro-quo/)

[Tom Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wilkinson/)

> [One of the characteristics of plays that are made into films is that they can be very talky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wilkinson/one-of-the-characteristics-of-plays-that-are-made-into-films-is-that/)

[Tom Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wilkinson/)

> [Most stuff you can do standing on your head.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wilkinson/most-stuff-you-can-do-standing-on-your-head/)

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