Happy Birthday: Timothy Dalton

Timothy Dalton

Born: March 21, 1946 in Colwyn Bay, Wales, UK

“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.” – talking about all of the vodka martinis he would get whenever he walked into a bar, while he was playing Bond.

“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.

“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.” (on his approach to the role of James Bond)

“When I saw those posters of Pierce standing there, I suddenly thought to myself, Jesus, 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!” (describing his feelings on whether or not in retrospect he made the right decision not to make the James Bond film GoldenEye (1995))

SUBMIT your TV PILOT Screenplay or TV SPEC Script Voted #1 TV Contest in North America.

SUBMIT your Short Screenplay or FEATURE Script FULL FEEDBACK on all entries. Get your script performed

FIRST SCENE (first 10pgs) Screenplay CONTEST Submit the first stages of your film and get full feedback!