Timothy Quotes

(On following his own gut in career choices): I was 18, did a couple of things on TV, then I did Ordinary People (1980) and when you are fortunate enough to be in a movie like that, working with Robert Redford as the director and the movie is as well received as it was, it would be ludicrous to have a master plan for a career. So next, I was in Wayne, PA doing Taps (1981) and then I was back in New York working with Sidney Lumet doing an ensemble movie called Daniel (1983). And I turned down a starring role in Risky Business (1983), even though all my agents and manager said I was crazy. But I looked at it and asked myself, "What was the experience going to be like? What will I learn?" And looking back at myself at 23, being able to work with Sidney Lumet and E.L. Doctorow, I have absolutely no regrets. I learned stuff that will stay with me forever. (Timothy Hutton in DAILY NEWS, September 13, 1998)

I thought Pierce Brosnan was a good choice. I liked GoldenEye (1995). Timothy Dalton never got a handle on the role. He took it seriously in the wrong way. The person who plays Bond has to be dangerous. If there isn`t a sense of threat, you can`t be cool.

My godfather Timothy Leary coined the phrase `question authority`, it is one of my favorites. To question our government is the most important thing people can do right now in the US.

"I felt as free as a bird" - describing driving down Sunset Boulevard and seeing a billboard that had Sean Connery, Roger Moore, and Pierce Brosnan on it, but no Timothy Dalton.

(on George Lazenby) George seems to be an unhappy camper about Bond. He gets pissy and spits the dummy out. Tim (Timothy Dalton) was fantastic. He really had the balls to go out there and play it on the nose - Ian Fleming undiluted. But where were the laughs? Sean (Sean Connery) was brilliant, he played it dead on the money. And Roger (Roger Moore) really made it his own and went for the laughs. I think those two were the best.

I marched for civil rights with Dr. King in 1963 - long before Hollywood found it fashionable. But when I told an audience last year that white pride is just as valid as black pride or red pride or anyone else`s pride, they called me a racist. I`ve worked with brilliantly talented homosexuals all my life. But when I told an audience that gay rights should extend no further than your rights or my rights, I was called a homophobe. I served in World War II against the Axis powers. But during a speech, when I drew an analogy between singling out innocent Jews and singling out innocent gun owners, I was called an anti-Semite. Everyone I know knows I would never raise a closed fist against my country. But when I asked an audience to oppose this cultural persecution, I was compared to Timothy McVeigh. (1999)

(Gilberto Gil wears a sober suit and tie these days, and his dreadlocks are greying at the temples. But you soon remember that, as well as the serving culture minister of Brazil, you are in the presence of one of the biggest Latin American musicians of the 60s and 70s when you ask him about his intellectual influences and he cites Timothy Leary.) Oh, yeah! ... For example, all those guys at Silicon Valley - they`re all coming basically from the psychedelic culture, you know? The brain-expanding processes of the crystal had a lot to do with the internet.

I must tell you the truth - I have not seen them, and for a very good reason. Knowing that I would get asked questions like that, I`m always desperately honest. If I didn`t like the performance, I don`t know how I would answer. I do know Timothy, and he is a very, very pleasant chap and a good actor. - When asked for his opinion about the James Bond movies featuring his successor Timothy Dalton

It was put to me, from (Cincinnati Reds trainer) Dr. (Timothy) Kremchek, that, `you need to have surgery,` ... `When all the smoke clears,` he says, `you don`t have any options. You have to have surgery.`

Were missing Sally, my sister. Sally Canfield, and her husband Timothy.

I`d really like to write a book about Timothy McVeigh, but it would only work if he cooperated.

Timothy was a unique individual and handled things the way he wanted to.

Since the end of the Cold War, Soviet aggression had been replaced by a number of particularly venomous threats, from Timothy McVeigh to Osama bin Laden.

When his nomination comes before the United States Senate, Timothy Batten can count on my strong support... He is the right person for the job.