I started writing 'Leaves Of Grass' when my professional life was falling apart somewhat. I just had a movie implode in pre-production. And so I came back licking my wounds to New York, where I live, and started to write… — Tim Blake Nelson Copy Share Image
'O Brother, Where Art Thou?' was this role that utterly fell into my lap and changed my life. — Tim Blake Nelson Copy Share Image
I think we all live dichotomies. I'm a father of three boys and a loyal homebody sort of husband and father. And yet I… — Tim Blake Nelson Copy Share Image
I am not a natural singer, but I can sing, and probably the way I sing is more imitative than from myself, which is… — Tim Blake Nelson Copy Share Image
I wanted to get the most broad foundation for a lifelong education that I could find, and that was studying Latin and the classics.… — Tim Blake Nelson Copy Share Image
I've done about every kind of fishing you can imagine, but I've never noodled. And the reason I've never noodled is because I don't… — Tim Blake Nelson Copy Share Image
I started writing 'Leaves Of Grass' when my professional life was falling apart somewhat. I just had a movie implode in pre-production. And so… — Tim Blake Nelson Copy Share Image
When I'm in a movie, what I always do, instead of sitting in a trailer or watching a DVD, is I go on the… — Tim Blake Nelson Copy Share Image
I frankly encountered more anti-Semitism in the northeast than I did in Oklahoma, but not much either place. Anti-Semitism is not part of my… — Tim Blake Nelson Copy Share Image
Drama and comedy, to me ,are all about being surprising, coherent, and true, all at once. — Tim Blake Nelson Copy Share Image
We approach life not just to be able to think about it and talk about it and discover its truths, but also to enjoy… — Tim Blake Nelson Copy Share Image
I tried to film 'Leaves of Grass' in Oklahoma, but it was literally about a million dollars less to shoot in Louisiana. — Tim Blake Nelson Copy Share Image
I love writing about Oklahoma. I love writing Oklahoma characters; I love playing Southwestern characters. — Tim Blake Nelson Copy Share Image
