Toby Jones Quotes
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You can't deny reality just because you can't explain it.
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All of these red carpet events may seem natural for you journalists, but it doesn't feel natural for actors.
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I didn't sound anything like Capote at the screen test. It was more like Bob Dylan. In his early years. With the flu.
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I do always feel very proud and flattered by being asked to be a part of American productions playing American characters.
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I get plenty of time to re-engage with the world I'm trying to depict, so I'm not always living in these parallel worlds.
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I had to change the shape of my own voice. It was quite hard to pull off and so once I had it, I stayed…
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I teach for the Book Trust, which promotes reading and writing with children.
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I work best when a little scared, when there's so much more than the lines to think about.
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I would absolutely like to play more leading roles. There's no philosophy - well, the only philosophy, I suppose, is to try and do different…
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If you ever have the good fortune to meet Tippi Hedren, she's an amazing woman. You can't quite believe she is the age she is.
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It's always very strange to have your life dramatized because it never happens like that. Things will be different.
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It's hard for it to make a mark in this city because London has so much culture to offer.
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Often jobs are un-turndownable even before you read the script. You go, 'Well, I have to do that.
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Best ever was filming in Barcelona last year, and I had a couple of scenes with De Niro. He's a very shy man. Speaks so…
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But I think the children of actors share a certain pragmatic approach. One is denied some of that 'running away with the circus' element of…
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Certainly for my father, there were great times, good times, not-so-good times. He might be shooting a Fellini film for six months, then not working…
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Hitchcock is a big ask. I am playing someone significantly older than me and someone significantly bigger than me. The stuff I find very interesting…
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Hitchcock's got a very interesting voice; it's a very controlled, measured rhythm that's quite slow and, in that sense, also felt quite controlling in its…
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I don't know if it's harder but when you're playing a real person you want to honor their memory - even if they're a criminal…
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I often get sent scripts about little men in big situations. There's a comic element to it, which is forces stacked against this little guy,…
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