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Samuel West
British
Actor
Born:
Jun 19
,
1966
Actor
Always
Been
People
Think
You
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If you play a part that's been done before, on stage for instance, you feel like you're carrying a torch and staggering under the weight of it for a bit and then passing it on to somebody else.
Samuel West
You
Somebody
Before
Stage
Else
Bit
Torch
Carrying
Instance
Weight
Part
Feel
Like
Passing
Been
Done
Staggering
Then
Play
Of course 'Hamlet' is a debate about the nature and morality of revenge and whether it is right to do something to assuage your angry feelings.
Samuel West
Angry
Nature
Revenge
Debate
Feelings
About
Morality
Something
Course
Hamlet
Whether
Your
Right
I mean I think children love the idea that there are different viewpoints and different words for things and different worlds. And the more that they pretend to be other people, the harder it is for them to hate them and misunderstand them when they grow up.
Samuel West
Love
Hate
People
Words
Think
Other
Worlds
Pretend
More
Idea
Misunderstand
Up
Children
Different
Mean
Them
Viewpoints
Grow
Grow Up
Different Worlds
Harder
Things
I did start reading quite young but I was always read to by my parents, who are both actors. Bedtime stories from when I was about two/three to when I was about 15. In fact they didn't stop until I eventually kind of kicked them out of my bedroom.
Samuel West
Parents
Reading
Young
Kicked
Out
Kind
About
Both
Fact
Until
Read
Always
Bedroom
Bedtime
Did
Quite
Stop
In Fact
Stories
Them
Who
Actor
Eventually
Start
I'm not very good at relaxing. Reading's the main thing. On the bus, on the tube, on the loo. Literally all the time. I mean, I don't think there's a moment of the day when I wouldn't be if I was left alone.
Samuel West
Alone
Time
Good
Day
Reading
Think
Relaxing
Main
Main Thing
Left
Very
Tube
Literally
Bus
Mean
Moment
Thing
It would've been hard to do something else, to as it were, run away from the circus and become an accountant.
Samuel West
Become
Else
Circus
Run
Something
Something Else
Were
Been
Accountant
Hard
Away
We'll be back. I promise you that.
Samuel West
You
Back
Promise
Most actors are socialists, aren't they?
Samuel West
Most
Actor
Socialists
I'm rather proud of having been a trainspotter.
Samuel West
Rather
Having
Proud
Been
I really do think the things that make our society what it is are under threat. It should be about everyone having the potential to be what they're going to be.
Samuel West
Think
Society
Everyone
Our
Threat
About
Having
Potential
Make
Going
Really
Should
Things
When people say, 'If I had my life over again I wouldn't do anything different,' well, I'd do everything differently just for the variety.
Samuel West
Life
People
My Life
Everything
Say
People Say
Variety
Had
Over
Well
Just
Different
Anything
Again
Differently
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