A biography for Timothee Chalamethasn’t been written yet.
“There is an audition floating around somewhere that I did for 'Bates Motel.'”
“I did 'Prodigal Son' at Manhattan Theatre Club.”
“I've been very encouraged by the nature of the conversations that I've had and by the lack of questions that are tunnel-visioned in their understanding of sexuality and life and love.”
“When I try to appreciate something, it feels like my hands are around the moment, trying to squeeze it. It's when you really release yourself of the responsibility to be enjoying things that you actually do.”
“My dad's French, and I spent my summers in France growing up. So I speak French fluently, and obviously, I speak English because I was raised in New York, and I grew up here.”
“I don't think enough people admit that there's just something fun about being in front of people. And that's not a self-centered, egotistical thing.”
“I've seen Hugh Jackman in a thousand Broadway shows.”
“There's the truth to every moment that you have to bring to every scene, but you have to understand the tonality of the film before you begin, which isn't something that's instinctual to me.”
“I went to LaGuardia, so I'm very close to the reality that lot of actors work rarely.”
“I do find that there's a fine balance between preparation and seeing what happens naturally.”
“I wouldn't be the actor I am without New York.”
“I've always felt like there was less creative space on sets with guardians. I just felt independent at a young age.”
“We're only here for so long. Be happy, man. You could get hit by a truck tomorrow.”
“I should become a peach brand ambassador.”
“On American sets, you work 12-, 14-, 16-hour days sometimes. All that volume over a short course of time can actually be less conducive to telling a story accurately.”
“I have experienced heartbreak but not in a classical sense.”
“I naturally have a me-against-the-world mentality, and I've been fighting it since I was 13. It's felt like it's only gotten me in lonely, angry places.”
“Ninety-eight per cent of all human communication is non-verbal.”
“I played the piano growing up and then stopped for 10 or 12 years.”