“There are things that I would avoid, so I have the choice to say no, when I feel I'm repeating myself too much. But then there could be a reason to do that with a good director. So I think actors have to have a loose philosophy.” ThinkingFeelsReasonPhilosophyChoicesActorsToo MuchDirectorsGood Directors Author:Toby Jones
“There's something in the rhythm and roll of it that is connected to the way Hitchcock thinks and moves. Then there is everything he ingested - the cigar smoking and drinking that's imprinted on his voice.” ThinkingWayMovingVoiceDrinkingConnectedRhythmSmokingCigarHitchcockSmoking And Drinking Author:Toby Jones
“The script for 'Infamous' was so poised between tragedy and comedy. It's a dream part. One reads those scripts with a sense of melancholia. When you read a script that good I remember thinking, 'Oh, this script is too good. They'll never give it to me.'” ThinkingGivingDreamRememberComedyTragedyScriptsInfamousTragedy And Comedy Author:Toby Jones
“I think it will be, as always, interesting to compare different portrayals of Hitchcock. I'm very honored that I'm playing the same part as Anthony Hopkins.” ThinkingDifferentInterestingCompareHonoredHitchcockHopkinsPortrayal Author:Toby Jones
“When you're training as an actor, a lot of the big work you're learning is to treat fictional characters like real people. You don't have the problem of discovering a backstory with real people, but there's always a mystery which is common to both fictional and factual characters. They are never quite the person you think they are.” PeopleThinkingPersonsRealCharacterProblemBigsActorsCommonMysteryTrainingTreatsDiscoveringNever QuitFactualFictional Character Author:Toby Jones
“I work best when a little scared, when there's so much more than the lines to think about.” ThinkingLittlesLinesScared Author:Toby Jones
“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 quietly that people tend to bend down and adopt the same tone, almost the same voice, whenever they talk to him - watching, you'd think someone's offering to carry out a hit for him when they're just offering him a cup of coffee.” PeopleThinkingMenYearsLastsSpeakVoiceCoupleSceneDown AndCoffeeCupsToneShyOfferingLast YearCoffee CupBarcelonaDe NiroBest Ever Author:Toby Jones
“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 being an actor.” ThinkingChildrenRunningCertainActorsShareElementsApproachDeniedRunning AwayCircusPragmatic Author:Toby Jones
