Toby Jones Quotes

It's always very strange to have your life dramatized because it never happens like that. Things will be different.

Jennifer [Lawrence] is amazingly grounded in the midst of all this to do. It must be unnerving and hard to relate to the amount of attention she generates.

I'm very interested in people, so if a character happens to be real, there's that much more to look at.

I had to change the shape of my own voice. It was quite hard to pull off and so once I had it, I stayed in Hitchcock's voice all day on set.

I teach for the Book Trust, which promotes reading and writing with children.

Often jobs are un-turndownable even before you read the script. You go, "Well, I have to do that."

We're blessed with, as we were on 'Harry Potter,' lead actors who are amazingly grounded people.

I work best when a little scared, when there's so much more than the lines to think about.

It's hard for it to make a mark in this city because London has so much culture to offer.

If you ever have the good fortune to meet Tippi Hedren, she's an amazing woman. You can't quite believe she is the age she is.

I love making movies, I love trying to make them as good as I can, but I feel like sometimes the marketing and publicity around the movie, becomes the most important part of it.

I would absolutely like to play more leading roles. There’s no philosophy - well, the only philosophy, I suppose, is to try and do different things.

It's hard to imagine anyone interested in film not being a fan of Alfred Hitchcock because he's such a key influence on the entire history of cinema - it's hard to escape his shadow.

I think it will be, as always, interesting to compare different portrayals of Hitchcock. I'm very honored that I'm playing the same part as Anthony Hopkins.

I've got to tell you, I've played real characters before and people always bring up this word 'impersonation,' and I'm never entirely sure what it means.

Particularly [Alfred] Hitchcock, who takes his time with everything he says. There's a controlling way in how he speaks because he takes his time to finish all his sentences.

You can't deny reality just because you can't explain it.

I get plenty of time to re-engage with the world I'm trying to depict, so I'm not always living in these parallel worlds.

I do always feel very proud and flattered by being asked to be a part of American productions playing American characters.

Jennifer [Lawrence] and Josh [Hutcherson] seem very, very grounded. They're getting down to the film like they did last time.

I didn't sound anything like Capote at the screen test. It was more like Bob Dylan. In his early years. With the flu.

All of these red carpet events may seem natural for you journalists, but it doesn't feel natural for actors.

You always get told how important the premiere and doing the press is, but I have suspicions.

But I think the children of actors share a certain pragmatic approach. One is denied some of that 'running away with the circus' element of being an actor.

Certainly for my father, there were great times, good times, not-so-good times. He might be shooting a Fellini film for six months, then not working for two months. I'm used to that dynamic.

There's not a huge pile of scripts at home. It's what happens to be on the table at that moment with your availability. And then you have no control over when these things come out.

There are far more good actors than there are jobs for them, so it's a big question of luck.

I'd love most of the movies I make to be four hours long.

One key element to Hitchcock is the drooping jowl. That was crucial because his silhouette is crucial. There is something about his silhouette that became his brand.

I don't know if it's harder but when you're playing a real person you want to honor their memory - even if they're a criminal or someone that the public loathed. That can be challenging.

I often get sent scripts about little men in big situations. There's a comic element to it, which is forces stacked against this little guy, and how is he going to defeat them?

They know you're not Alfred Hitchcock, but you need to be enough Alfred Hitchcock for them not to be bothered by it. That's a reassuring thing.