Tim Minchin was born on October, 1975, as Timothy David Minchin, and was brought up in Perth, Western Australia. He is an actor, comedian, musician, writer, and director known for Californication . He is the composer lyricist of the Broadway musicals, Matilda and Groundhog Day. He has been married to Sarah since 2001. They have two children.
Has two children. A daughter called Violet, who was born on November 24, 2006 and son Caspar, who was born on July 3, 2009.
Tim Minchin won the prestigious Perrier Comedy Award for Best Newcomer at the 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Received an honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters for his contribution to the arts from the University of Western Australia in September 2013.
Had the best punch line in Shakespeare Live! From the RSC: "Say it! Ill never play Hamlet because Im a Ginger [redhead]!".
If you open your mind too much, your brains will fall out.
The job is deciding when to write a song.
I am no nihilist. I am not even a cynic. I am, actually, rather romantic. And here’s my idea of romance: You will soon be dead. Life will sometimes seem long and tough and, god, it’s tiring. And you will sometimes be happy and sometimes sad. And then you’ll beold. And then you’ll be dead.
Understanding that you can’t truly take credit for your successes, nor truly blame others for their failures will humble you and make you more compassionate. Empathy is intuitive, but is also something you can work on, intellectually.
Arts degrees are awesome. And they help you find meaning where there is none. And let me assure you, there is none. Don’t go looking for it. Searching for meaning is like searching for a rhyme scheme in a cookbook: you won’t find it and you’ll bugger up your soufflé.
Sticks and stones may break your bones but words can break hearts.
Don’t Seek Happiness - Happiness is like an orgasm: if you think about it too much, it goes away. Keep busy and aim to make someone else happy, and you might find you get some as a side effect. We didn’t evolve to be constantly content. Contented Australopithecus Afarensis got eaten before passing on their genes.
