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" There is a part of me that really just thinks it would be so funny to see the 'Veep' characters in 'Game of Thrones.' "
Timothy Simons
Thinks
See
Me
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" Keeping children alive and free of disease is not a political issue and cannot be put into a partisan box. "
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Alive
Box
Political
" IPods just made music about how many songs you could have on you at all times. "
Timothy Simons
You
Music
Just
" I think the absolute worst job I ever had - not because it was a terrible job, just because I was just so bad at it - was when I worked at a scenic factory in Chicago. "
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Just Because
Job
Chicago
" Reed Scott is really good at coming up with insults. "
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Coming
Good
Insults
" Truthfully, I don't like the binge-watching model. I think that if you give everybody everything all at once, there's very much a law of diminishing returns as far as their enjoyment of them. "
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Law
Enjoyment
Think
" I took one class at Second City called Improv for Actors, and that was it, and that was only because my agent told me I had to. "
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Me
City
Because
" Unless you're playing a historical figure, a writer or director can change their minds. And sometimes your job is to make them change their minds - to make them believe that you're the one that can do it. "
Timothy Simons
Writer
You
Change
" The Duplass brothers do that so well - that very simple, very horrifically awkward comedy. "
Timothy Simons
Brothers
Well
Simple
" I'm a dog person, but I don't have a pet. "
Timothy Simons
Dog
Pet
Person
" Ultimately, I just made the decision to move to L.A. sight unseen. It took me a while to save up some money to do it. "
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Sight
Move
Money
" You don't want someone to think you're from New Hampshire, because who cares about New Hampshire? You're basically just a pass-through. "
Timothy Simons
Because
Someone
Think
" I'm particularly bad at breaking if something's funny. I'm not professional, so I do often laugh, but less at what I do and more often at what other people do. "
Timothy Simons
People
Professional
Bad
" I used to love going to shows and finding new bands, but the Internet takes the fun out of it. Like a band? You can buy and download every single song they have ever done within five minutes. "
Timothy Simons
You
Finding
Fun
" I've lived with myself for a very long time, so I'm aware of what I look like. I'm under no false pretense that I'm a stunner, so if somebody comes up and says something about my physical appearance, it's okay. "
Timothy Simons
Appearance
Look
Time
" I grew up in Maine working at a video store and found myself being pulled more and more to on-camera stuff. "
Timothy Simons
Working
Up
Stuff
" I was born tall. I was awkward and gangly. Before that, I was a really chubby elementary school kid. I've always been sort of a physical abnormality. "
Timothy Simons
Born
Tall
School
" I got my SAG card doing a Kentucky Fried Chicken commercial in Chicago. "
Timothy Simons
Chicken
Fried Chicken
Chicago
" I'll believe I made it when I'm 100 years old, I'm still able to get work, and they're about to put me in a coffin, and I'll be like, 'Yeah, OK, it went all right.' But until then, I'm not saying it. "
Timothy Simons
Old
Me
Believe
" When I was a carpenter, I built sets for small storefront Chicago companies. Like, I built sets for friends of mine at The House Theater. "
Timothy Simons
Chicago
Friends
Small
" There is that great thing of D.C. being Hollywood for ugly people. There's very distinct crossover behaviors. "
Timothy Simons
People
Being
Great
" The truth is, there is no link between vaccines and autism. Vaccines are incredibly important. "
Timothy Simons
Important
Vaccines
Truth Is
" It's much harder to get a job if nobody wants you around. "
Timothy Simons
You
Wants
Nobody
" You're taught from a very young age that you shouldn't get too big for your britches, so I tend to err way too much on the side of 'Nothing means anything.' "
Timothy Simons
Young
Nothing
Age
" I'm a night person, but because of being in the film business and having children, my schedule has shifted, and I'm always terrified that I'm going to oversleep. "
Timothy Simons
Night
Film
Children
" I don't know, and certainly I've been guilty of making a judgment about a celebrity, but there's a part of me that's like, 'Why don't you take the time you're spending ripping James Franco and go do something you like?' "
Timothy Simons
You
Me
Know
" If you're going to go to an audition, you don't want to go in trying to force yourself into some archetype that has been thought up by a director and translated by a casting director. "
Timothy Simons
Thought
Yourself
You
" David Letterman was my guy growing up. My parents recorded the tenth anniversary special for me, and I watched it 40 times. "
Timothy Simons
Parents
Up
Growing Up
" My dad's a photographer, and my sister is a writer and a poet. My little brother is a mandolin player - he's a bluegrass musician. It's always been a part of the family. "
Timothy Simons
Poet
Sister
Brother
" The one thing I always think about when I don't get jobs is that it just wasn't yours. You don't want to do something that you're not right for because it won't make the production look good, and it won't make you look good. "
Timothy Simons
Good
You
Think
" There are people I've met in L.A. who kind of only talk about the business. Because maybe they think that's the best move. "
Timothy Simons
Think
People
Business