Tim Curry

“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.”

“When I did 'Amadeus,' I hadn't done a play for five years. And I was so happy doing it and felt so foolish that I hadn't done a play for such a long time that I wanted to go back and really kind of reach out for a classical career.”

“Any part that makes you world famous has got to be a blessing, hasn't it?”

“There's nothing more daunting than a musical, but there's also no more direct line to joy. Getting there, though, is like pushing treacle up stairs.”

“Um, musicians are funnier you know, than actors on the whole.”

“I find there is something very intimate about being the voice in someone's ear when they're driving.”

“I like dangerous directors who like dangerous actors and dangerous productions.”

“My interests and obsessions have always been so wide-ranging that I keep popping my head out of different boxes as much as possible.”

“I remember candy rationing until I was, like, 7.”

“Contrary to popular belief, I don't just play dreadful old villains.”

“I was a huge J.M. Barrie fan as a kid, as most English children are.”

“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.”

“I like risky parts - abrasive characters the audience won't necessarily like.”

“Kids will eat anything, won't they?”

“I'm good at my own company.”

“I love to sing.”

“I'm not a conventional leading man at all and have no wish to be.”

“In most careers, you find something you do well, and you tie an increasingly larger bow on the package.”

“I've worked in a few sort of 'institutional' theaters - the Royal Shakespeare, the National Theater in England - and they're hopelessly top-heavy with bureaucracy.”

“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.”