Timothy Simons Quotes

I'm the youngest of four, and I'm always the clown - making the jokes, wanting attention.

I'm the youngest of four in a large, exhibitionist family. The only way to get attention was to throw yourself off the top of a ladder - as one of my cousins used to do - or make people laugh.

I was more like a middle child. My youngest brother was the baby, so he got all the attention that the baby gets. And my older brothers were getting into so much trouble that I was left in the middle, doing plays. I was up to no good, but my mother didn't know it!

We were a very funny family. Humour was the tool with which my brother and I tried to get attention. We were always trying to be the funniest.

I grew up in Manchester in a big Irish family - there are seven of us in all - so my life has always been about role-playing, about doing anything for a laugh. I'm always joking about; that's the way I am.

My dad always jokes that if I ever write an autobiography, which I'm not going to, it'll be called 'It's Tough in the Middle.'

I've always been part of comedy. One of the things about our family was that if we were reasonably funny with each other, particularly my two brothers and myself, when my father was upset with something you'd want to make sure in some way you made him laugh. Because when he didn't laugh, you were in trouble!

I was a middle child. I grew up in Brooklyn with three sisters and a brother. You know what that means: everybody is constantly fighting with everybody and you are in the middle of the storm trying to make peace. That is your life. Making everybody work and play well together.

For 'The Haunting Hour,' I thought it would be a lot of fun. It was great to play this cool kid role. My episode is called 'The Intruders' and my character is this mean, angry teenager because her younger brother was just born and he gets all of the attention. She's always playing tricks on her family, and there are some cool twists.

I'm not 'Will's brother' anymore. Will is my brother. I'm paving the way for all middle children out there.

Since I was a kid - youngest of five kids - I've always been starved for attention, like 'Look at me! Look at me! Look what I can do!'

I always tell people, 'Coming from such a big Mexican family when there's a new baby every three weeks, you have to do something to get someone's attention.'

I'm one of five; I have three sisters, so I've always had three best girlfriends. Actually, I'm the middle child, so it's no surprise I went into acting! There's a need to be seen.

My father, the practical joker, did not care for practical jokes on himself; he did not encourage the practice in me.

Of course I'm naughty. I've always had to compete for attention, you see.

Elvis was, at least the times I was around him, Elvis was a practical joker. He was always, had some little mischievous something going.

I was the classic middle child in some ways, the one who could have been a priest in an alternate universe.

We have two older brothers and two younger sisters; Sam and I are in the middle, and I've always felt protective and closest to him.

I'm the youngest in my family, and everyone is very funny, and I was always trying to keep up with them. I just loved making people laugh.

I'm a middle child, and I'm pretty diplomatic: the peace-maker.

I loved performing; I was always trying to impress my siblings by being a clown. I think that came from being the runt of the litter.

I am the middle child with an older and younger brother.

I thought I was funny as a kid. I used to play tricks on my brothers - I'd tie a two-shilling piece to a bit of cotton, then pull it away as they went to grab it.

I was a class clown. At 12, I was definitely clowning. I was making all the jokes. But I was smart, so the teachers didn't know what to do with me.

I'm probably a bit of a cheeky grandson like my brother as well. We both tend to take the mickey a bit much.