Tim Roth Details Stage Fright And Being A D*** On Set In The Past

Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express. HOME News Politics Royal Showbiz & TV Sport Comment Finance Travel Life & Style TV & Radio Celebrity News Entertainment Films Gaming Music Books Theatre Tim Roth opened up on his lengthy career during a recent masterclass he gave at a film festival. Trailer: Tim Roth stars in crime drama Tin StarAcclaimed actor Tim Roth opened up about his long career during a visit to the Galway Film Festival and admitted stage fright stops him from doing more theatre work. He also confessed that back in the day he could be a “d” on set although he advised others against it.

The Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction star made the revelations during a two-and-a-half-hour acting masterclass before attending a screening of his latest film Poison later that evening. The moderator asked him why he didn’t do more theatre asking if it was a “stage fright thing”.

“I don’t have any problem with this [masterclass audience] at all, but when it’s a play, it just freaks me the fout,” he said. He went on to reveal that a former co-star of his had the opposite problem.

“I remember talking to Cillian Murphy when we did a film together a long time ago, and it was the beginning of his film career. He was doing a one-man show at the time, going around doing a play, and I was blown away by that.

“Start talking about stage fright – he had film fright, very legitimately,” he revealed before joking: “I think he has got over it now.” Cillian won the Best Actor Oscar this year for his role in Oppenheimer.

Tim Roth opened up on his life and career at the recent Galway Film Festival (Image: Getty)

As part of the masterclass, he offered advice to aspiring actors – although he admitted not always following it himself.

“Pause when agitated,” he said. “It’s an old AA thing but it applies to everything. I’ve been that guy – just because I’m panicking…

“I’ve been the total dactor at times on set. But you know, you learn not to be,” he said.

Asked what made him stop this behaviour he confessed: “Getting a glimpse of what you are. You get a glimpse of what you are,” he ruminated.

Tim Roth attended the Galway Film Festival to promote his new film Poison (Image: Getty)

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Surprisingly given his huge body of work including the acclaimed TV show Tin Star, Tim also admitted he is terrible at auditions.

“I have this thing…I’m sat auditions. Really s,” he confessed. “The audition process itself is, I think, rubbish.

“I figured out that once I had three films that people could look at that were alright what the fis the point in the audition?

“They can find out if I can act by looking at those other jobs,” he ruminated.