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Simon Callow
Simon Callow
English Actor
Born: Jun 13, 1949
About Actor Life Me People You
Related authors: Bill Nighy Charlie Chaplin John Cleese Michael Caine Robert Pattinson Tom Hardy Tom Hiddleston Tom Holland
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
Care Responsibility State We Cannot Someone Taking Over Hand Blood Cupboard Just Cannot Them Elderly Flesh Shut
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
Life Character Books Kind About Feature Him Understand His Lot Get Literary Anything Which Little Scripts Victorian Sent Really
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
Doctor National Few Back Ran Topped Feature Feature Film New Doctor Who Readers Years Years Ago Poll Decided Newspaper Ask Should Who Film Bring
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
People Caricatures Characters Cartoons Voices Physique He Said Always His Really Brilliantly
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
Love Change Theatre Will Relating Our Way Responds Directly Fact Contact Performance Because Makes Audience Just Storytelling Us Why
Shakespeare wrote all there is that we need to know about dementia in 'King Lear.' Simon Callow
King King Lear About Shakespeare Dementia Know Wrote Lear Need
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
Me Phones People Few Emails Disturb Menace About Only Outraged Around Spot Am Answering Real Mobile Off Mobile Phones Texting Few People Going May Them Show Many Now Actor
To live another person's life is quite a weird thing. Simon Callow
Life Live Weird Weird Thing Another Person Quite Thing
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
Happy Obligation Parents Feel Cheer Also Make Up Common Children Grieving Them
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
Myself You Sometimes Somebody Think Secret Say Secrets Critically Would Having Had Without Am Depends Acting Ever
I hated Sundays when I was growing up in Streatham, south London. Everything closed down and stopped. Simon Callow
Closed Down Everything Sundays Hated London South Up Stopped Growing Growing Up
Very often my weekends are spent performing on Saturday, on stage in the afternoon and again in the evening. Simon Callow
Stage Spent Weekends Performing Very Often Afternoon Again Evening Saturday
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
Wonderful Sometimes Lonely Own Out Bored About Never Feel Am Lot Get Quite Short Just Gregarious Anything Your Even Ever
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
Me Personality Stayed Like Catholics Affected Impression Very Pious Many Jesus
Jesus is absolutely at the centre of Western civilisation and part of my fascination with him is, why? What is it about this particular man and his story? Simon Callow
Man About Civilisation Absolutely Part Particular Him His Western Story Centre Fascination Why Jesus
I went to Queen's University Belfast and stayed nine months, then I ran away to be an actor. Simon Callow
Queen Nine Nine Months Ran Months Stayed Then Belfast Actor Away University
I'd like to direct more operas. Simon Callow
Direct More Like Operas
I don't have any big regrets. Simon Callow
Big Any Regrets
Everything that we have gone through, are going through, and will go through is there in Shakespeare. It is all of human life. Simon Callow
Life Will Gone Everything Shakespeare Through Go Going Human Human Life

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