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13 quotes by Tom Conti

Thomas Antonio "Tom" Conti (born 22 November 1941) is a Scottish actor, theatre director and novelist of Italian Scots descent. He has won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 1979 for his performance in Whose Life Is It Anyway?. He has also been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1983 film, Reuben, Reuben.
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Procrastination is probably my worst habit out of many. Especially when it comes to paperwork.

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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... →

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

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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

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

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I have a natural resistance to being 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.

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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.

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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.

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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... →

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