A biography for Timothy Simonshasn’t been written yet.
“Unless you're playing a historical figure, a writer or director can change their minds. And sometimes your job is to make them change their minds - to make them believe that you're the one that can do it.”
“My dad was a photographer, so we had all these studio portraits of us.”
“IPods just made music about how many songs you could have on you at all times.”
“I don't know, and certainly I've been guilty of making a judgment about a celebrity, but there's a part of me that's like, 'Why don't you take the time you're spending ripping James Franco and go do something you like?'”
“We live in a world in which whatever you do has a parody account online in moments.”
“I think the absolute worst job I ever had - not because it was a terrible job, just because I was just so bad at it - was when I worked at a scenic factory in Chicago.”
“David Letterman was my guy growing up. My parents recorded the tenth anniversary special for me, and I watched it 40 times.”
“Keeping children alive and free of disease is not a political issue and cannot be put into a partisan box.”
“You don't want someone to think you're from New Hampshire, because who cares about New Hampshire? You're basically just a pass-through.”
“The one thing I always think about when I don't get jobs is that it just wasn't yours. You don't want to do something that you're not right for because it won't make the production look good, and it won't make you look good.”
“I started out with the intention of studying physics. I was a terrible high school student outside of the fact that I did well in physics, but there's a big difference between being good at physics and being a physicist, so I jettisoned that very quickly.”
“My children, twins who are three years old, they're awful creatures right now.”
“The truth is, there is no link between vaccines and autism. Vaccines are incredibly important.”
“I'm particularly bad at breaking if something's funny. I'm not professional, so I do often laugh, but less at what I do and more often at what other people do.”
“You're taught from a very young age that you shouldn't get too big for your britches, so I tend to err way too much on the side of 'Nothing means anything.'”
“I took one class at Second City called Improv for Actors, and that was it, and that was only because my agent told me I had to.”
“I was born in the Northeast, and I have Midwestern parents.”
“There is a part of me that really just thinks it would be so funny to see the 'Veep' characters in 'Game of Thrones.'”
“I think I was a behavior problem, mostly, but in a fun way. I tried to tell jokes. I was the middle kid, so I was always looking for attention and trying to be the one that equalized everything.”
“When I was in Chicago, I was working as a carpenter while I was doing plays. I thought it'd be a fun set construction job, but it turned up to just be a straight-up factory.”