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Timothy Dalton

(1946) Film Actor United Kingdom

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Timothy Dalton is a film actor from the United Kingdom, best known for Licence To Kill (Special Edition).

Quick Facts About Timothy Dalton

Born: March 21, 1946
Nationality: United Kingdom
Profession: Film Actor
Notable works: Licence To Kill (Special Edition)

About Timothy Dalton

Timothy Leonard Dalton Leggett is a British actor. He gained international prominence as the fourth actor to portray fictional secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions film series, starring in The Living Daylights (1987) and Licence to Kill (1989).

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes 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;…

Arena

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If you're a boy, you always want to be in a western; and any actor I know would like to be in…

Actors

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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…

Brilliant

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Don't ask me about my career - I've forgotten most of it.

Ask me

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I can't think of anything worse than calling Shakespeare 'highbrow,' because on the one hand, it's brilliant writing. But his plays were…

Anything

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You can't relate to a superhero, to a superman, but you can identify with a real man who in times of crisis…

Crisis

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I don't think anyone should grow up wanting to go around killing people. I don't think anyone should grow up wanting to…

Agent

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'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…

All time

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Richard Burton was Welsh; Tom Jones is Welsh, and we Welshmen like to think of ourselves as heroes - on screen and…

And off

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It's very important to make the man believable so that you can stretch the fantasy. Whether people like this kind of Bond…

Believable

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In animation, you can throw away people's defense. You can go right to the center of things, right through inside someone's heart.…

Animation

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I don't think anyone except the few people who have played James Bond can tell you how strange and special it is…

Anyone

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On one level, I would prefer never to hear the words 'James Bond' again, but on another level, it is part of…

Actor

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If you want to believe in the fantasy on screen, then you have to believe in the characters and use them as…

Believe

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I'm guessing the stress of having to write for a deadline can be inspiring. Sometimes, pressure is good.

Deadline

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If you behave like a regular guy, you get treated like a regular guy. You can't cut yourself off from the world.…

Behave

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It's horrid to be called a Shakespearean actor because that's incredibly limiting, and we love acting. We like telling stories; anything that…

Acting

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Real courage is knowing what faces you and knowing how to face it.

Courage

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