32 Quotes by Bruce Robinson

My problem with being an actor was that I was far too shy to actually do it.

I'm not a religious person, but I prefer God to money.

I've always felt that in a comedy script the stage directions should also have a comedic value.

Isn't that the definition of a star? Someone who can get a film made?

When I was writing 'Withnail,' I was so busted flat that I had one lightbulb that I would carry around the house with me. I mean, really. No furniture, no money, and I was hoping to be an actor, but I could never get a job.

You can't be a 20-mile a day eater if you're just a 5-mile a day runner.

I don’t advise a haircut, man. All hairdressers are in the employment of the government. Hairs are your aerials. They pick up signals from the cosmos, and transmit them directly into the brain. This is the reason bald-headed men are uptight.

You can’t be a 20-mile a day eater if you’re just a 5-mile a day runner.

When you see a giant, make sure it isn’t a dwarf standing in a favourable light. Thus we approach ’the mystery of Jack the Ripper.