30 Quotes by Timothy Dalton

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!

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.

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

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

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?

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.

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.

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?

Richard Burton was Welsh; Tom Jones is Welsh, and we Welshmen like to think of ourselves as heroes – on screen and off!