Roger Rees Quotes

Rattigan wrote some very good plays.
Rattigan's world demanded unwavering trust in principles, loyalty, and virtue. At the time of this play - Rattigan was writing this play in 1947 about an incident that took place in 1914 - should a boy say he didn't do something, his father would believe him; a British father would take the defense of his son's honor to his grave.
So, suddenly I was an actor. I don't remember being nervous. I learned to be nervous later.
Some of the finest Shakespeare has been done recently by college theater programs. I'll tell you what these young kids have: They have a natural authority in Shakespeare. They feel a right to do it. And once they honor the humanity of it, the rhythm of the verse comes with it.
Sometimes I think I'll go off and be a milkman or a greengrocer, some easy job.
Sometimes the most excruciating experiences in rehearsals and performances yield the most beautiful work.
Television is an important part of how we communicate.
That's been the tragedy of my life, actually. I've always looked younger than I am.
The classical actor in England makes roughly the equivalent of a bus driver.
The Elizabethan mind wanted and demanded that one word could mean 50 things. What Shakespeare offers us is not ambiguity; it's choices.
The hard thing is making sure you work with wonderful people and that you get something out of it so that you can get better as an actor.
The loser, the fool, is embraced in England because there is a recognition of silliness there that allows a person to keep his ambitions and desires at a certain distance. Just being in the race is enough.
The sense of popularity in an actor is essential.
The shields were enormous. In 'Julius Caesar,' I died early in the scene and used to fall asleep under the shield until I was woken up by applause.
The whole point is it's about getting as many people to come and see the play as you can.
There's something very fine and lucid and rich in this tradition of the English actor.
They said my voice was terrible, nervous, and spotty and that I must go away and learn how to use it properly. I must admit I was rather agape, since I had never thought about making my voice better.
'Waiting for Godot,' when it first came out in 1950, was a very different sort of play to the plays that were in the West End at that time in London, because most of those plays were what we call drawing-room comedies.
We did a black 'Julius Caesar' in which the predominant accent was Caribbean. This offends many people, you know. I also had a Chinese Marc Anthony. I also managed - this caused a great shock - I also got some white guys in it as well!
Well-written plays deserve to be learned from and understood properly, both by actors and audiences alike, and Rattigan's very human characters help us do that.
«first‹previous12345next›last»
Total Records : 85

Related Books

Author Profile

Votes :
Rating :
AuthorName
Roger Rees
Profession
Actor
BirthDate
05 May, 1944
DeathDate
10 July, 2015
Country
Wales
View Profile

Share to your friends..

Related Author

Andy Whitfield Aneurin Barnard Anthony Hopkins Christian Bale Craig Roberts Gwilym Lee Ioan Gruffudd John Bach John Rhys-Davies Jonathan Pryce Paul Rhys Rhys Ifans Richard Brake Richard Burton Rob Brydon Roger Rees Steffan Rhodri Timothy Dalton Tom Cullen Tom Ellis
view more

Popular Topics

Attitude Death Inspirational Life Love Motivational Nature Positive