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Acting for me is not that quid pro quo.

- Tom Wilkinson

Me, Quo, Pro, Quid

You don't have any kind of sense of being foolish when you are acting. When you're younger you don't want to look a fool, so you don't do things that might make you vulnerable.

- Tom Wilkinson

Kind, Younger, Might, Foolish

I once did a role which I couldn't rehearse in my street clothes, I had to have the character's costume on before I could rehearse it. I just couldn't think as the character unless I looked like him, or I knew that I looked like him.

- Tom Wilkinson

Think, Role, Which, Costume

You can't do things for money. You just can't act them. There's gotta be something about the script that you really want to do. I wouldn't do a job if I didn't think I could do the best work I possibly could.

- Tom Wilkinson

Think, Could, Gotta, Possibly

I won't say I wouldn't be grateful and happy and delighted and thrilled to bits to receive a nomination. But I wouldn't be suicidal if it didn't happen.

- Tom Wilkinson

Grateful, Happen, Receive, Thrilled

Once Miramax gets involved, if they like your movie, there's a big machine that gets involved.

- Tom Wilkinson

Big, Movie, Involved, Miramax

If you have something that you know is important to you and vital to you... then this will perhaps help people understand the importance of confronting it and being brave about it.

- Tom Wilkinson

Understand, Will, Importance, Vital

There's only one shot you have at a movie, and that's your best shot. If you can't give it that, don't go. They're paying you! You gotta do a job for them.

- Tom Wilkinson

Give, Movie, Gotta, Paying

If the script is telling the story well, that is your inspiration, and you do not need to go somewhere else.

- Tom Wilkinson

Go, Need, Telling, Somewhere Else

Most stuff you can do standing on your head.

- Tom Wilkinson

Head, Most, Your, Standing

I would recommend it to everybody, every now and again you just put a dress on, see what it feels like, because it's, its interesting. A whole complex series of thoughts and feelings assail you as you look at yourself.

- Tom Wilkinson

Dress, Everybody, Feels, Recommend

One of the characteristics of plays that are made into films is that they can be very talky.

- Tom Wilkinson

Very, Films, Plays, Characteristics

All good actors are easy to work with. It's the ones that aren't very good who tend to be very difficult.

- Tom Wilkinson

Work, Difficult, Very, Good Actors

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