Tim Roth details stage fright and being a d*** on set in the past (2024)

Trailer: Tim Roth stars in crime drama Tin Star

Acclaimed 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 f*** out," 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.

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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 d*** actor 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.

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

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 s*** at 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 f*** is the point in the audition?

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