Tom Conti's Quotes

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

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

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

I have a natural resistance to being humiliated.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

The realities of the modern global economy require government to play a substantial role in ensuring the national and economic security of the people.

The Beltway is waking up to the realities of Prsident Obam's budget plan, which taxes, spends, and borrows as far as the eye can see.

By welcoming eager, talented workers, we expand America's potential for growth, and our competitive culture of invention and possibility.

Entrepreneurs, because they need money, they are willing to share their crystal ball with someone like me. That's the best thing ever.

The more angels we have in Silicon Valley, the better. We are funding innovation. We are funding the next Facebook, Google, and Twitter.

As the tech industry continues to grow and sprout successful startups across the country, it is important that we understand our responsibility to affect positive change in our communities.

By working to ensure we live in a society that prioritizes public safety, education, and innovation, entrepreneurship can thrive and create a better world for all of us to live in.

I never said I enjoy anything about using the Internet. I enjoy helping the entrepreneurs who are building this thing that I don't necessarily like or use.

I really don't have a lot of interest in national politics, and it's because I'm a skeptic. I think you can accomplish a lot more locally. I don't want to spin the wheels and not get anything done.

Tech people like to stick to their knitting, and they measure their accomplishments by the growth of their company. Now the tech community is popping up and saying, 'We do need to be involved in our surroundings.'