Quotes by Bruce Robinson

About Bruce Robinson:

Bruce Robinson is an English director, screenwriter, novelist and actor. He is arguably most famous for writing and directing the cult classic Withnail and I (1987), a film with comic and tragic elements set in London in the 1960s, which drew on his experiences as 'a chronic alcoholic and resting actor, living in squalor' in Camden Town.
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I think you're a good person or a todd by the age of eight.

Bruce Robinson

He didn't like religion, hadn't liked it for years, but he adored churches, loved them like old scientific instruments whose time is long past but are nevertheless fascinating and strange.

Bruce Robinson

Those with the money are eccentric. Those without, insane.

Bruce Robinson

My early life has given me a great deal to draw on, certainly - but would I have swapped a happy childhood for the writing? Yes.

Bruce Robinson

I like situational comedy when people are being completely serious and yet you can find something extremely funny, not jokes.

Bruce Robinson

I'm not a religious person, but I prefer God to money.

Bruce Robinson

I wake up most days with a vague feeling of doom - 'Dear God. Here I am again.' Then, when I read about politicians in the newspaper, the vengefulness starts. By mid-morning, the anxiety is kicking in.

Bruce Robinson

If you are a junkyard dog, you assume that that's what life is: chained up, barking all day.

Bruce Robinson

Bernard Shaw said that when you copy yourself, you know you've got style. And I feel that if you can write like you write, then you are true to yourself. And it's not an easy thing to do - it's a disgustingly difficult thing to do.

Bruce Robinson

My problem with being an actor was that I was far too shy to actually do it.

Bruce Robinson

I've always been that contemptible thing, a luxury communist.

Bruce Robinson

Well, I had the most appalling childhood.

Bruce Robinson

I read 'The Rum Diary,' and I didn't really like it very much.

Bruce Robinson

I've always felt that in a comedy script the stage directions should also have a comedic value.

Bruce Robinson

Isn't that the definition of a star? Someone who can get a film made?

Bruce Robinson

Here. Hare. Here. Here hare here!

Bruce Robinson

When I was writing 'Withnail,' I was so busted flat that I had one lightbulb that I would carry around the house with me. I mean, really. No furniture, no money, and I was hoping to be an actor, but I could never get a job.

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Mostly in movies an actor has to come to a mark, an X, and deliver his line - but that's so artificial, that's not how people really behave.

Bruce Robinson

Author Bio

  • NameBruce Robinson
  • DescriptionBRitish screenwriter and film director
  • BornMay 1, 1946
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionActor; Film Director; Screenwriter
  • AwardsWriters Guild Of America Award