Timothy Hutton Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

Here's one thing I can't understand: people who are friends with their exes.

I saw a guy being really abusive to his girlfriend. She was asking people to help, but no one would. When he grabbed her, I tried to separate them, but he turned on me. I punched him and knocked him down. It wasn't a scandal; I was just doing what anybody should.

There would have to be something wrong with someone who could throw out a child's first Valentine card saying, I love you, Mommy.

Trivia

He has lived in New York for several years and says one of his reasons for taking the role in

Timothy's parents, Jim and Maryline, divorced when he was three. He lived with his mother and sister, only seeing his father about once a year, until his was fifteen and moved in with his father in Los Angeles.

Timothy has one sibling, sister Heidi, who is 13 months older than he.

While filming The General's Daughter (1999) in Georgia, a tornado scare forced approximately 150 cast and crew members to evacuate the set at the order of the local police. The only place to put everyone was in a private home a mile away.

He dropped out of high school at age 16.

He is part-owner of the famed Irish pub P.J. Clarke's in New York City, which formerly boasted patrons such as Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, and Jackie O., and was restored in Fall 2002.

Hutton has directed several music videos, starting with The Cars' hit "Drive" (1984), and including "Not Enough Love" (1985) by Don Henley, and Neil Young's concert film "Freedom" (1990).

Hutton has appeared twice in movies based on Stephen King novels that revolve around novelists: The Dark Half (1993) and Secret Window (2004).

He was the original choice to play the lead role of Joel Goodson in Risky Business (1983), but he turned it down in order to work with Sidney Lumet and E.L. Doctorow on the the small film Daniel, because of what he would learn from the experience.

In 1980, at the age of 20 years and 227 days, Timothy became the youngest Academy Award winner for best supporting actor for Ordinary People. He still holds the record.

Timothy discovered acting in the ninth grade.

Timothy is a big fan of the New York band Black47, who play a fusion of rock and traditional Irish folk music.