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Timothy Dalton, born on March 21, 1944, is a renowned British actor. He is best known for his outstanding performances in films and television, particularly for his portrayal of James Bond in the iconic Bond film series, which has made him an international star.

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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 off!”

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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. You ultimately would go crazy, wouldn't you?”

Ifs World Guy Cutting Crazy Treated Behave

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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. The characters anyway, they do represent different aspects of all of us - and put them all together, you get a human being. And so it's got a wonderful purity, a real purity that's so moving, exiting, everything.”

People Humans Heart Different Real Character Together Moving Human Beings Wonderful Aspect Defense Purity Animation

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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 is another question.”

People Men Kind Important Fantasy He Man Believable

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

Real Faces Knowing Real Courage

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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 draws forth some extraordinary quality from within himself and triumphs but only after a struggle.”

Men Real Quality Struggle Draws Crisis Extraordinary Relate Triumph Superhero Real Men Times Of Crisis

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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 opera in all its glory. It is superb and memorable.”

Book Film Watches Gone Wind Glory All Time Memorable Opera Soap Superb Soap Operas

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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 a horror.”

Ifs Knows Want Actors Boys Horror Western

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

Writing Sometimes Stress Pressure Deadline Guessing

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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 excites us we want to be a part of. Science fiction is fun too!”

Want Stories Actors Fun Acting Fiction Science Fiction Telling Stories

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

Asks Careers Forgotten Ask Me

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“I've never liked talking about my personal life, ever. Ever since I was 20, I've lived in a kind of public arena; and there have been stalkers, blackmailers, death threats, physical violence and threats to friends of mine, colleagues of mine, to myself.”

Kind Has Beens Talking Violence Mines Threat Colleagues Personal Life Arena Physical Violence

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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 three times in your life, you're going to end up doing a Shakespeare, because he's obviously such a brilliant, brilliant writer.”

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Born: March 21, 1944
Known for: Actor
Quotes: 13

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