Tom Conti Quotes

• Procrastination is probably my worst habit out of many. Especially when it comes to paperwork.

  Tom Conti

  Procrastination, Habit, Worst

  "This much I know: Tom Conti". Interview with Shahesta Shaitly, www.theguardian.com. March 26, 2011.

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• If you didn't join for the girls, choose another profession.

  Tom Conti

  Girl, Profession, Ifs

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• I have a natural resistance to being humiliated.

  Tom Conti

  Resistance, Natural, Humiliated

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• I like writing songs - I keep saying that one day I'll do something with them, but I haven't yet.

  Tom Conti

  Song, Writing, One Day

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• I've always felt like a foreigner wherever I've lived. I don't feel much towards my Italian or Scottish roots, although I do cook the pasta at home.

  Tom Conti

  Home, Italian, Past

  "This much I know: Tom Conti". Interview With Shahesta Shaitly, www.theguardian.com. March 26, 2011.

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• There are so many people in film and television that get between a performer and the audience, and that's frustrating.

  Tom Conti

  People, Film And Television, Frustrating

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Some friends said they weren't surprised to find out Napoleon and I were related, but it came as quite a shock to me.

  Tom Conti

  Said, Shock, Related

  "DNA project reveals Tom Conti's Napoleonic blood and rich roots of Scotland's genetic legacy" by Robin McKie, www.theguardian.com. April 14, 2012.

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• My temper manifests itself when I can't find something. I could swear that there is a plot against me to put kitchen utensils in the wrong drawers.

  Tom Conti

  Kitchen, Plot, Utensils

  "This much I know: Tom Conti". Interview with Shahesta Shaitly, www.theguardian.com. March 26, 2011.

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• It's all good fun - television and movies and so on - but the good thing in theatre is there's nothing and no one between you and the audience so you can do what you want really.

  Tom Conti

  Fun, Theatre, Television

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If you look at movies with Cary Grant or Jimmy Stewart and all the rest of it, none of them looks like a boy. They always looked like mature men. The audience didn't want to go and see kids.

  Tom Conti

  Kids, Boys, Men

  "Tom Conti: 'I knew nothing at all about street dance ... '". Interview With Henry Barnes, www.theguardian.com. March 29, 2012.

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• I am now known as Nina Conti's father and it's wonderful.

  Tom Conti

  Father, Wonderful, Nina

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• Fame is a silly business. People who chase it are almost always going to be disappointed.

  Tom Conti

  Silly, People, Fame

  "This much I know: Tom Conti". Interview With Shahesta Shaitly, www.theguardian.com. March 26, 2011.

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• When the plane is delayed, it's not the fault of the girl at the desk. I'm resigned to the fact that everything is out of my control and that air travel nowadays is barbaric.

  Tom Conti

  Girl, Air, Faults

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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