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Toby Jones Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

There are things that I would avoid, so I have the choice to say no, when I feel I’m repeating myself too much. But then there could be a reason to do that with a good director. So I think actors have to have a loose philosophy Picture Quote #1

I studied Hitchcock a little bit at University and knew the famous story about the Birds - that he’d tortured Tippi for a day using real birds. I had no idea that it was a five-day onslaught and that it was the tip of an iceberg that carried on through to another film Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

It’s Toby Jones playing Alfred Hitchcock, not Alfred Hitchcock. We all felt that his silhouette was crucial, so his nose and lips were crucial as well. We had to build it out a bit to get the silhouette. But, with my nose being so small within the proportion of my face, the first nose was too big. I felt like a nose on parade Picture Quote #1

It’s one of those jobs where you go, ‘Oh no, I’ve got to play Alfred Hitchcock. I have to play him even though I know what this is going to involve.’ Picture Quote #1

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I still don’t feel I know Hitchcock at all. I find that the more one looks, the more elusive he becomes. But my admiration for Hitchcock the filmmaker remains undiminished. He is a giant of the cinema and the darkness in him informs his cinematic language. You can’t separate one from the other Picture Quote #1

You’re playing a character in a drama who happens to be based on someone who existed. It’s never going to ‘be’ that person, but it’s based on someone well-known, and you want to create enough of that person for it not to be a distraction Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The script for ‘Infamous’ was so poised between tragedy and comedy. It’s a dream part. One reads those scripts with a sense of melancholia. When you read a script that good I remember thinking, ‘Oh, this script is too good. They’ll never give it to me.’ Picture Quote #1

I went to meet Joe Johnston, the director, and he’s charming. I’ve been very lucky. Most of the directors I’ve worked with are charming. But Joe’s a particularly charming man, and he showed me lots of designs and, rather memorably, welcomed me to the Marvel Universe Picture Quote #1

I was a fan of Hitchcock, but more importantly than that, he is such an inscrutable man, and a very carefully inscrutable man. He apparently was blank-faced with a calm and controlled presence. I was immediately anxious and thought, ‘How am I going to get behind that?’ Picture Quote #1

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There’s something in the rhythm and roll of it that is connected to the way Hitchcock thinks and moves. Then there is everything he ingested - the cigar smoking and drinking that’s imprinted on his voice Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Best ever was filming in Barcelona last year, and I had a couple of scenes with De Niro. He’s a very shy man. Speaks so quietly that people tend to bend down and adopt the same tone, almost the same voice, whenever they talk to him - watching, you’d think someone’s offering to carry out a hit for him when they’re just offering him a cup of coffee Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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I didn’t sound anything like Capote at the screen test. It was more like Bob Dylan. In his early years. With the flu Picture Quote #1

When working abroad you work pretty hard, but with time off, this is the greatest job in the world. You drive. You explore Memphis, or wherever you’ve landed, or go and see Dr John, or the Californian landscape. And, yes, I’ve had a few good meals Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

You can’t deny reality just because you can’t explain it Picture Quote #1

You always get told how important the premiere and doing the press is, but I have suspicions Picture Quote #1

I know that I’m a very different person on my own than I am with someone else. We are different with each other. These things are constantly adjusted. And that’s true of humans. That’s not just true of famous people Picture Quote #1

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There are far more good actors than there are jobs for them, so it’s a big question of luck Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

They seem much rarer now, those auteur films that come out of a director’s imagination and are elliptical and hermetic. All those films that got me into independent cinema when I was watching it seem thin on the ground Picture Quote #1

There are things that I would avoid, so I have the choice to say no, when I feel I’m repeating myself too much. But then there could be a reason to do that with a good director. So I think actors have to have a loose philosophy Picture Quote #1

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? Picture Quote #1

Hitchcock is a big ask. I am playing someone significantly older than me and someone significantly bigger than me. The stuff I find very interesting is why certain physical things have come about. How can he be light on his feet when he is so big? How can his weight vary so much? Where does this rather beautiful voice come from? Picture Quote #1

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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 (Toby Jones Quotes) There are things that I would avoid, so I have the choice to say no, when I feel I’m repeating myself too much. But then there could be a reason to do that with a good director. So I think actors have to have a loose philosophy. (Toby Jones Quotes) I studied Hitchcock a little bit at University and knew the famous story about the Birds - that he’d tortured Tippi for a day using real birds. I had no idea that it was a five-day onslaught and that it was the tip of an iceberg that carried on through to another film. (Toby Jones Quotes) 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. (Toby Jones Quotes) It’s Toby Jones playing Alfred Hitchcock, not Alfred Hitchcock. We all felt that his silhouette was crucial, so his nose and lips were crucial as well. We had to build it out a bit to get the silhouette. But, with my nose being so small within the proportion of my face, the first nose was too big. I felt like a nose on parade. (Toby Jones Quotes) It’s one of those jobs where you go, ‘Oh no, I’ve got to play Alfred Hitchcock. I have to play him even though I know what this is going to involve.’ (Toby Jones Quotes) I still don’t feel I know Hitchcock at all. I find that the more one looks, the more elusive he becomes. But my admiration for Hitchcock the filmmaker remains undiminished. He is a giant of the cinema and the darkness in him informs his cinematic language. You can’t separate one from the other (Toby Jones Quotes) You’re playing a character in a drama who happens to be based on someone who existed. It’s never going to ‘be’ that person, but it’s based on someone well-known, and you want to create enough of that person for it not to be a distraction (Toby Jones Quotes) 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 (Toby Jones Quotes) The script for ‘Infamous’ was so poised between tragedy and comedy. It’s a dream part. One reads those scripts with a sense of melancholia. When you read a script that good I remember thinking, ‘Oh, this script is too good. They’ll never give it to me.’ (Toby Jones Quotes) I went to meet Joe Johnston, the director, and he’s charming. I’ve been very lucky. Most of the directors I’ve worked with are charming. But Joe’s a particularly charming man, and he showed me lots of designs and, rather memorably, welcomed me to the Marvel Universe (Toby Jones Quotes) I was a fan of Hitchcock, but more importantly than that, he is such an inscrutable man, and a very carefully inscrutable man. He apparently was blank-faced with a calm and controlled presence. I was immediately anxious and thought, ‘How am I going to get behind that?’ (Toby Jones Quotes) There’s something in the rhythm and roll of it that is connected to the way Hitchcock thinks and moves. Then there is everything he ingested - the cigar smoking and drinking that’s imprinted on his voice (Toby Jones Quotes) 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 (Toby Jones Quotes) 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 (Toby Jones Quotes) Best ever was filming in Barcelona last year, and I had a couple of scenes with De Niro. He’s a very shy man. Speaks so quietly that people tend to bend down and adopt the same tone, almost the same voice, whenever they talk to him - watching, you’d think someone’s offering to carry out a hit for him when they’re just offering him a cup of coffee (Toby Jones Quotes) 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 (Toby Jones Quotes) 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 (Toby Jones Quotes) I didn’t sound anything like Capote at the screen test. It was more like Bob Dylan. In his early years. With the flu (Toby Jones Quotes) When working abroad you work pretty hard, but with time off, this is the greatest job in the world. You drive. You explore Memphis, or wherever you’ve landed, or go and see Dr John, or the Californian landscape. And, yes, I’ve had a few good meals (Toby Jones Quotes) 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 (Toby Jones Quotes) You can’t deny reality just because you can’t explain it (Toby Jones Quotes) You always get told how important the premiere and doing the press is, but I have suspicions (Toby Jones Quotes) I know that I’m a very different person on my own than I am with someone else. We are different with each other. These things are constantly adjusted. And that’s true of humans. That’s not just true of famous people (Toby Jones Quotes) There are far more good actors than there are jobs for them, so it’s a big question of luck (Toby Jones Quotes) 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 (Toby Jones Quotes) They seem much rarer now, those auteur films that come out of a director’s imagination and are elliptical and hermetic. All those films that got me into independent cinema when I was watching it seem thin on the ground (Toby Jones Quotes) There are things that I would avoid, so I have the choice to say no, when I feel I’m repeating myself too much. But then there could be a reason to do that with a good director. So I think actors have to have a loose philosophy (Toby Jones Quotes) 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? (Toby Jones Quotes) Hitchcock is a big ask. I am playing someone significantly older than me and someone significantly bigger than me. The stuff I find very interesting is why certain physical things have come about. How can he be light on his feet when he is so big? How can his weight vary so much? Where does this rather beautiful voice come from? (Toby Jones Quotes)

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