Tim Curry quotes

I think that if you get too close to the character, if you do too much historical research, you may find yourself defending your view of a character against the author's view, and I think that's terribly dangerous. (Tim Curry)
One of the best things that ever happened to me was Rocky Horror being a total flop in New York as a play. I mean, it was a disaster, and it was the night of the long knives as far as the critics were concerned. View quote
Tim Curry
My career has evolved at its own peculiar pace, American careers are supposed to have a much more singular direction than I've been able to... stomach. Really. In most careers you find something you do well and you tie an increasingly larger bow on the package. My interests and obsessions have always been so wide-ranging that I keep popping my head out of different boxes as much as possible. That's far more interesting for me. View quote
Tim Curry
My interests and obsessions have always been so wide-ranging that I keep popping my head out of different boxes as much as possible. View quote
Tim Curry
Any part that makes you world famous has got to be a blessing, hasn't it? View quote
Tim Curry
I still find it quite easy to find my way into a child's imagination. We're all Peter Pan ourselves in some respects. Everybody should keep some grip on childhood, even as a grownup. View quote
Tim Curry
It's much more a matter of playing the characters as they were written by the authors, because of the liberties that have been taken with pretty much all of them. They've all been distorted in one way or another, because the authors have hardly stuck to the facts. View quote
Tim Curry
Don't dream it, be it. View quote
Tim Curry
Um, musicians are funnier you know, than actors on the whole. View quote
Tim Curry
I want to establish a wide range and play all kinds of parts. It's that sort of acting career I really respect. I like to turn a sharp left from whatever I've done before because that keeps me awake. That's why I want to be an actor - I don't want to play endless variations on one character. View quote
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But we live in a modern world, you know, and, and also it does seem to me that if you - that whatever talents you have, it... I mean it may sound a bit absurd but I, I think it's your, absolutely your duty to resolve them, you know? (Tim Curry)
The people on the business side in the music business are kind of different from the theatre business. I think it's partly because there are different pressures on the industries. View quote
Tim Curry
I like risky parts - abrasive characters the audience won't necessarily like. View quote
Tim Curry
I'm not a conventional leading man at all and have no wish to be. View quote
Tim Curry
I moved to L.A. because that's where they point cameras at you. And that's what I'd like them to do. View quote
Tim Curry