--- title: "1 Really Character Quotes By Tim Roth" description: "1 Really Character quotes by Tim Roth. Plus more from Tim Roth and more Really Character sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/490/tim-roth-16268_character_when-something-arrives-you-have-no-idea_1530480.jpg" --- > [When something arrives, you have no idea what's in it, which is good. And then, it's is the story leaps off the page at you and how your character functions within it. There could be just one scene and if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-roth/when-something-arrives-you-have-no-idea-what-s-in-it-which-is-good/) [Tim Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/490/tim-roth-16268_character_when-something-arrives-you-have-no-idea_1530480.jpg) ## More by Tim Roth > [There just seems to be more acceptance now of other kinds of British films, than the picture-postcard ones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-roth/there-just-seems-to-be-more-acceptance-now-of-other-kinds-of-british/) [Tim Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-roth/) > [Well, I think first it was rare for me to do anything that had any kind of a romantic note to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-roth/well-i-think-first-it-was-rare-for-me-to-do-anything-that-had-any/) [Tim Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-roth/) > [I get invited to an awful lot of Jewish functions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-roth/i-get-invited-to-an-awful-lot-of-jewish-functions/) [Tim Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-roth/) > [My dad was a Communist Party member who fought for his country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-roth/my-dad-was-a-communist-party-member-who-fought-for-his-country/) [Tim Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-roth/) > [A good part of why I never went back to England was part of that, I didn't want to be in those sort of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-roth/a-good-part-of-why-i-never-went-back-to-england-was-part-of-that-i/) [Tim Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-roth/) > [I will watch everything that Cary Grant did, or Kubrick made or Bergman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-roth/i-will-watch-everything-that-cary-grant-did-or-kubrick-made-or-bergman/) [Tim Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-roth/) > [I miss my family, and I like being a tourist when I go back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-roth/i-miss-my-family-and-i-like-being-a-tourist-when-i-go-back/) [Tim Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-roth/) > [Bring back dueling, I say. Drive-by sword fight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-roth/bring-back-dueling-i-say-drive-by-sword-fight/) [Tim Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-roth/) > [How would you compare Polanski or Kubrick? I try not to do any comparisons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-roth/how-would-you-compare-polanski-or-kubrick-i-try-not-to-do-any/) [Tim Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-roth/) > [I'm sick of very white teeth and lots of gymnasium practice. I'm bored, you know, send in the next one. I wanted a real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-roth/i-m-sick-of-very-white-teeth-and-lots-of-gymnasium-practice-i-m-bored/) [Tim Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-roth/) > [If you meet somebody who's spent any length of time in prison, you don't let your guard down. Ever. And really, that's what that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-roth/if-you-meet-somebody-who-s-spent-any-length-of-time-in-prison-you-don/) [Tim Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-roth/) > [The first role I ever did... I played a Nazi skinhead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-roth/the-first-role-i-ever-did-i-played-a-nazi-skinhead/) [Tim Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-roth/) > [I love the idea of messing around with different mediums.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-roth/i-love-the-idea-of-messing-around-with-different-mediums/) [Tim Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-roth/) > [I'd seen musicians act, and it scares me. And they make more money than me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-roth/i-d-seen-musicians-act-and-it-scares-me-and-they-make-more-money-than/) [Tim Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-roth/) > [Television has changed. The very nature of it is not even television anymore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-roth/television-has-changed-the-very-nature-of-it-is-not-even-television/) [Tim Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-roth/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/really-character/tim-roth/#itemlist", "name": "1 Really Character Quotes By Tim Roth", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When something arrives, you have no idea what's in it, which is good. And then, it's is the story leaps off the page at you and how your character functions within it. There could be just one scene and if it's wonderful, it doesn't matter how much you're working on it because you just want to be in it. 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