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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I’ve come to this conclusion: What makes a great actor is great need. A huge need of acting. Simon Callow Read Quote
He spent hours and hours and hours practising these conjuring tricks. It’s just such a curious thing. Simon Callow Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I went to Queen’s University Belfast and stayed nine months, then I ran away to be an actor. Simon Callow Read Quote
Very often my weekends are spent performing on Saturday, on stage in the afternoon and again in the evening. Simon Callow Read Quote
