30 Quotes by Timothy Dalton

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

If you grow up in Britain, you just do Shakespeare. If you go and work in a theater once or twice or three times in your life, you’re going to end up doing a Shakespeare, because he’s obviously such a brilliant, brilliant writer.

Don’t ask me about my career – I’ve forgotten most of it.

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.

It’s very important to make the man believable so that you can stretch the fantasy. Whether people like this kind of Bond is another question.

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.

I don't think anyone except the few people who have played James Bond can tell you how strange and special it is and how much your life changes.

I don't think anyone should grow up wanting to go around killing people. I don't think anyone should grow up wanting to be a secret agent.