“Plenty of clever children have to pretend to be not clever or else they get bullied by the thick.” Quote by Tom Baker
“I never read the scripts at all carefully and never wanted to know what was going on, because i felt that being a benevolent alien, that's the way it should be.” KnowsWayShouldWantedFeltScriptsAliensBenevolent Author:Tom Baker
“I wasn't interested in novelty. I was looking for good drama.” DramaNoveltyGood Drama Author:Tom Baker
“You know, you're a classic example of the inverse ratio between the size of the mouth and the size of the brain.” KnowsBrainExampleMouthsSizeClassicRatiosInverse Author:Tom Baker
“It never occurred to me that I’d be typecast, although I was. And I never thought of the role as a commercial product, because I was… well, I was playing this slightly messianic alien. He isn’t violent, he doesn’t get his leg over the girl, he doesn’t steal, and he’s rather wry, and adorable, and mysterious. He’s lived for 900 years or something. He lives the life of the old patriarchs of the Old Testament. That’s not commercial. He’s special.” YearsWellsGirlRolesSpecialProductsLegsViolentStealingMysteriousAliensLive LifeTestamentOld TestamentAdorableWry Author:Tom Baker
“Friends are like Lighthouses, with the sources of light coming from their hearts.” HeartLightSourceLighthouse Author:Tom Baker
“I'm not a people person. I'm not sociable. I have been and I can be, but not as a general rule.” PeoplePersonsHas BeensI CanSociable Author:John Simm
“Famous people feel that they must perpetually be on the crest of the wave, not realising that it is against all the rules of life. You can't be on top all the time, it isn't natural.” PeopleFeelsNaturalWaveRealisingRules Of Life Author:Olivia de Havilland
“Playing good girls in the '30s was difficult, when the fad was to play bad girls. Actually I think playing bad girls is a bore; I have always had more luck with good girl roles because they require more from an actress.” ThinkingPlayGirlDifficultRolesLuckActressesBoresFadsGood GirlBad Girl Author:Olivia de Havilland
“The one thing that you simply have to remember all the time that you are there is that Hollywood is an Oriental city. As long as you do that, you might survive. If you try to equate it with anything else, you'll perish.” IfsTryingLongMightRememberCitiesOne ThingHollywood Author:Olivia de Havilland
