Tom Wilkinson Quotes

I'm not used to being asked what I want to talk about. That's why I'm an actress. Get told what to do, stand on the mark, say your words, wear this, look this way, look that way.

I can't wait til I get the chance to be a character and how my face looks isn't the first consideration.

As an actor, you don't have much choice about your appearance. It's a good excuse for looking ridiculous.

Acting is very start and stop.

You'll get, like, 10 pages of sides the night before, and you have to go in and just wing it. For someone like me, I came from the theater, and I don't like putting anything up in front of anybody until it's really, really ready, so it can be very frustrating.

With theatre, you have to be ready for anything.

An actor has to embody a role.

I feel that I am a good actor.

I feel a lot more comfortable on stage in the theatre. It just reminds me of being a kid and doing pantomimes.

I auditioned for 'The Office,' and I don't know if it was a role I could do, but I liked the character. You do one take, and you're reading with a person who's just sitting in a chair and not really... you're not playing off someone, which is what I like to do. I like to play around and find the moment.

There's no mystery to it. Nothing more complicated than learning lines and putting on a costume.

Really, for an actor, it's all about remembering a lot of stuff - and keeping the moustache on.

I can't wait until I get to play the fat guy in the office.

I admire anyone who does stage all their life. It's so tough, and it also made me really appreciate how lucky I am with film. You have to do your own makeup with stage, and you have to do so many un-glamorous things.

As an actor I am prepared for every role, that's my profession.

I really miss the rehearsal process of theater.

I did a lot of theater growing up, and in college I was in the musical 'Chicago.'

I'm an actor, and I love the art of creating a character.

It's an acting job - acting natural.

Acting takes so much energy.

I didn't want to be stuck in Dickens period dramas because then I would never know if I was any good.

Roles make the actor.

I'm an actor. I'll take a lead if it's offered. The really good actors can fill a character, no matter what the role is. A good leading man is a character actor; a good character actor can be a leading man.

I've been lucky enough to be part of some great ensembles in theater - I'd been doing theater since college.

In theater, you have a rehearsal period and you know just who to be.