“I seem to get cast as one of two extremes. Either I play the butch hea...” — Tim Pigott-Smith Quote

“I seem to get cast as one of two extremes. Either I play the butch heavy or totally nice guys.”

“What makes Biarritz special, as far as I'm concerned, are the fantastic coastline, the beaches - such as the Cotes des Basques - and the sea.”

“You wouldn't read 'Anna Karenina' and try to work on the computer at the same time, would you?”

“George Murphy tagged that name 'Butch' on me years ago. We were all at a party and he went around tagging names on people that didn't fit them.”

“In acting, I've been told I'm too big for roles that are literally asking for bodybuilders or I get a butch characterization because they don't feel like muscles are feminine.”

“I don't connect to a certain girliness or talking about girly things - I feel unauthentic and uncomfortable in that world - maybe I'm just more butch than I realize! I have, however, been fortunate to have a number of great girlfriends. You don't meet as many girls as you do guys in my line of work, so I do cherish my friendships.”