Like many Catholics, I was very affected by the personality of Jesus and that impression, pious as it was, has stayed with me. Simon Callow Read Quote
Shakespeare speaks for the human heart but Dickens speaks for the social man and for injustices. Simon Callow Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Childhood didn’t have a big influence on me, really – in fact I spent most of it plotting how to escape. Simon Callow Read Quote
I hated Sundays when I was growing up in Streatham, south London. Everything closed down and stopped. Simon Callow Read Quote
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 Read Quote
