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Simon Callow Quotes

I don’t have any big regrets Picture Quote #1

I’ve come to this conclusion: What makes a great actor is great need. A huge need of acting Picture Quote #1

When the BBC decided to bring Doctor Who back as a feature film a few years ago, one national newspaper ran a poll to ask its readers who should be the new Doctor, and I topped it Picture Quote #1

When children have grieving parents it’s also common for them to feel an obligation to cheer them up and make them happy Picture Quote #1

The elderly are all someone’s flesh and blood and we cannot just shut them in a cupboard and hand over the responsibility for taking care of them to the state Picture Quote #1

Bleak House is just the most astounding piece of work. There’s huge, visionary poetry in it Picture Quote #1

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Childhood didn’t have a big influence on me, really - in fact I spent most of it plotting how to escape Picture Quote #1

You could say Shakespeare is so extraordinary precisely because he was so ordinary. He had all the usual anxieties and understandings of what it is to have children, lose children, get married, struggle to make a living and so on Picture Quote #1

My mother wanted me to be a teacher. She had this vision of me walking across the quadrangle in an Oxford college wearing my academic gown Picture Quote #1

When the BBC decided to bring Doctor Who back as a feature film a few years ago, one national newspaper ran a poll to ask its readers who should be the new Doctor, and I topped it Picture Quote #1

I get sent a lot of scripts which feature him as a kind of all - purpose Victorian literary character and really understand little, if anything, about him, his life or his books Picture Quote #1

He always describes his characters’ voices and their physique so brilliantly. As people have said, they are cartoons, caricatures. They’re grotesques really Picture Quote #1

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Bleak House is just the most astounding piece of work. There’s huge, visionary poetry in it Picture Quote #1

Artists probably should have some impenetrable aspects of themselves Picture Quote #1

I actually wanted to be a writer long before I wanted to be an actor Picture Quote #1

I’d like to direct more operas Picture Quote #1

To live another person’s life is quite a weird thing Picture Quote #1

When children have grieving parents it’s also common for them to feel an obligation to cheer them up and make them happy Picture Quote #1

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To enter a theatre for a performance is to be inducted into a magical space, to be ushered into the sacred arena of the imagination Picture Quote #1

Having caught a glimpse of what I might be able to do with my talent, I feel a tremendous obligation to try to fulfill it Picture Quote #1

I don’t practise any religion but I am deeply interested in the answers that mankind has come up with to explain the human situation Picture Quote #1

I’ve come to this conclusion: What makes a great actor is great need. A huge need of acting Picture Quote #1

Increasingly I’ve come to think that what’s at the core of acting is thinking. Most people would say it’s feeling Picture Quote #1

The elderly are all someone’s flesh and blood and we cannot just shut them in a cupboard and hand over the responsibility for taking care of them to the state Picture Quote #1

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I am never bored, never short of anything to do and I don’t even ever feel lonely. I am quite gregarious and I get out and about a lot, but sometimes it is just wonderful to be on your own Picture Quote #1

I love storytelling and I love just relating directly to an audience. That’s why we do theatre, it’s because we love contact with the audience. We love the fact that the audience will change us. The way the audience responds makes us change our performance Picture Quote #1

I would say critically of myself that I am somebody without secrets. Sometimes acting depends on you having a secret. I don’t think I’ve ever had that Picture Quote #1

Many actors have protested about mobile phones going off in theatres, but the real menace now is people texting during a show. It may only disturb a few people around them, but for me, as an actor, when I spot them answering their emails, I am outraged Picture Quote #1

He spent hours and hours and hours practising these conjuring tricks. It’s just such a curious thing Picture Quote #1

He invented this idea of telling the life story of a great writer through becoming his characters and becoming him. It was such a pleasure and I thought we must find another writer Picture Quote #1

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I don’t have any big regrets (Simon Callow Quotes) I’ve come to this conclusion: What makes a great actor is great need. A huge need of acting. (Simon Callow Quotes) When the BBC decided to bring Doctor Who back as a feature film a few years ago, one national newspaper ran a poll to ask its readers who should be the new Doctor, and I topped it. (Simon Callow Quotes) When children have grieving parents it’s also common for them to feel an obligation to cheer them up and make them happy. (Simon Callow Quotes) The elderly are all someone’s flesh and blood and we cannot just shut them in a cupboard and hand over the responsibility for taking care of them to the state. (Simon Callow Quotes) Bleak House is just the most astounding piece of work. There’s huge, visionary poetry in it. (Simon Callow Quotes) Childhood didn’t have a big influence on me, really - in fact I spent most of it plotting how to escape. (Simon Callow Quotes) You could say Shakespeare is so extraordinary precisely because he was so ordinary. He had all the usual anxieties and understandings of what it is to have children, lose children, get married, struggle to make a living and so on (Simon Callow Quotes) My mother wanted me to be a teacher. She had this vision of me walking across the quadrangle in an Oxford college wearing my academic gown (Simon Callow Quotes) When the BBC decided to bring Doctor Who back as a feature film a few years ago, one national newspaper ran a poll to ask its readers who should be the new Doctor, and I topped it (Simon Callow Quotes) I get sent a lot of scripts which feature him as a kind of all - purpose Victorian literary character and really understand little, if anything, about him, his life or his books (Simon Callow Quotes) He always describes his characters’ voices and their physique so brilliantly. As people have said, they are cartoons, caricatures. They’re grotesques really (Simon Callow Quotes) Bleak House is just the most astounding piece of work. There’s huge, visionary poetry in it (Simon Callow Quotes) Artists probably should have some impenetrable aspects of themselves (Simon Callow Quotes) I actually wanted to be a writer long before I wanted to be an actor (Simon Callow Quotes) I’d like to direct more operas (Simon Callow Quotes) To live another person’s life is quite a weird thing (Simon Callow Quotes) When children have grieving parents it’s also common for them to feel an obligation to cheer them up and make them happy (Simon Callow Quotes) To enter a theatre for a performance is to be inducted into a magical space, to be ushered into the sacred arena of the imagination (Simon Callow Quotes) Having caught a glimpse of what I might be able to do with my talent, I feel a tremendous obligation to try to fulfill it (Simon Callow Quotes) I don’t practise any religion but I am deeply interested in the answers that mankind has come up with to explain the human situation (Simon Callow Quotes) I’ve come to this conclusion: What makes a great actor is great need. A huge need of acting (Simon Callow Quotes) Increasingly I’ve come to think that what’s at the core of acting is thinking. Most people would say it’s feeling (Simon Callow Quotes) The elderly are all someone’s flesh and blood and we cannot just shut them in a cupboard and hand over the responsibility for taking care of them to the state (Simon Callow Quotes) I am never bored, never short of anything to do and I don’t even ever feel lonely. I am quite gregarious and I get out and about a lot, but sometimes it is just wonderful to be on your own (Simon Callow Quotes) I love storytelling and I love just relating directly to an audience. That’s why we do theatre, it’s because we love contact with the audience. We love the fact that the audience will change us. The way the audience responds makes us change our performance (Simon Callow Quotes) I would say critically of myself that I am somebody without secrets. Sometimes acting depends on you having a secret. I don’t think I’ve ever had that (Simon Callow Quotes) Many actors have protested about mobile phones going off in theatres, but the real menace now is people texting during a show. It may only disturb a few people around them, but for me, as an actor, when I spot them answering their emails, I am outraged (Simon Callow Quotes) He spent hours and hours and hours practising these conjuring tricks. It’s just such a curious thing (Simon Callow Quotes) He invented this idea of telling the life story of a great writer through becoming his characters and becoming him. It was such a pleasure and I thought we must find another writer (Simon Callow Quotes)

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