34 Quotes by Rafe Spall

If you're a casting director, you're going to be curious to see what Timothy Spall's son is like. But when you get in the door, you have to have something to offer.

Being kind is the most important thing Ive ever been taught. Thats what my parents always told me - more important than ambition or success is being kind to people. The cornerstone of my life. What I aspire to is to be kind.

I’ve been an actor for 10 years now, and if anything I want to talk more about my dad. He taught me that even if you get past the casting director’s door you’ve still got to do your homework: you’ve still got to work hard.

Being kind is the most important thing Ive ever been taught. Thats what my parents always told me – more important than ambition or success is being kind to people. The cornerstone of my life. What I aspire to is to be kind.

I never mind talking about my dad. I’m proud of who he is, and being his son is one of the things I’m most proud of. To be constantly compared to someone so brilliant, who happens to be your dad, is cool.

One of the biggest gifts you can give a child is confidence, because confidence will take you miles – more than talent, more than anything else. So yes, I want my children to have confidence and to be kind.

My biggest ambition over everything is to have kids. It feels great. I’d love a big family.

Doing ‘Prometheus’ was what you imagine being an actor is like when you’re five. In a spacesuit, on another planet, getting killed by an alien. It was a real treat; it felt like being a part of movie history.

I’m sure that my father becoming seriously ill when I was 14 had a lot to do with my going from chubby to fat.