Quotations and Sayings attributed to Timothy Dalton

I like taking material I think impossible because that provokes an extreme effort of imagination and commitment. But I could never say which of my parts had most satisfied me or which was my favorite. Even my failures are my blood, my sweat, my care, my love, part of me, and I can't disown them.
- Timothy Dalton

I don't think I've drunk one since I've left the Bond movies. Every bar you go in, there's always some wisecrack, 'Oh, yours will be a Martini, shaken, not stirred!' You get sick and tired of that.
- Timothy Dalton

It's very important to make the man believable so that you can stretch the fantasy. Whether people like this kind of Bond is another question.
- Timothy Dalton

When I saw those posters of Pierce (Brosnan) standing there, I suddenly thought to myself...I don't have to stand there with a gun to the side of my head anymore! I suddenly found the most tremendous sense of liberation, and I started to feel more like myself than I'd felt in years! I suddenly felt free!
- Timothy Dalton

I felt as free as a bird! (describing driving down Sunset Boulevard and seeing a billboard that had Sean Connery, Roger Moore, and Pierce Brosnan on it, but no Timothy Dalton.)
- Timothy Dalton

You can't relate to a superhero, to a superman, but you can identify with a real man who in times of crisis draws forth some extraordinary quality from within himself and triumphs but only after a struggle. Real courage is knowing what faces you and knowing how to face it.
- Timothy Dalton

It took a year to undo the psychological damage that was caused by the oppressive teachers.
- Timothy Dalton

'Gone With The Wind' is one of the all-time greats. Read Margaret Mitchell's book and watch the film again; it's a soap opera in all its glory. It is superb and memorable.
- Timothy Dalton

Real courage is knowing what faces you and knowing how to face it.
- Timothy Dalton

You can't relate to a superhero, to a superman, but you can identify with a real man who in times of crisis draws forth some extraordinary quality from within himself and triumphs but only after a struggle.
- Timothy Dalton

It's very important to make the man believable.
- Timothy Dalton

No, no, no, no, no! He's totally not got the suave elegance that Bond needs - and as for making Bond
- Timothy Dalton