A lot of actors are relatively shy people, surprisingly, so acting is a way of not being shy - and being paid… — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
For me, acting is like a pool you dive into. If you're lucky, you find what you need, then get out again. — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
It's important to take risks and challenge yourself. That's why I went into acting, really. — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
It's true you can end up as rich as Croesus but the thing I enjoy about acting is doing lots of different… — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
The acting bug first bit when I went to see 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead' at the Old Vic. — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
That's the thing with acting. There are always loads of people who are more successful, richer, more famous and seemingly able to… — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
I loved the variety of acting: turning your hand to different things and bringing whoever you were to it. There is something… — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
I was in 'Babes in the Wood' at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow in the Eighties. I was the villain - the… — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
I came to theatre as a teenager by going to the National Theatre when it was at the Old Vic and sitting… — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
I had done some acting at school, but I wasn't particularly good at it. What inspired me was going to the Old… — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
But one of the satisfying things about performing a play is you know for that piece of time exactly what you're going… — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
I don't think there are roles that would attract me to do a long run in the theatre. — Roger Allam Copy Share
A lot of actors are relatively shy people, surprisingly, so acting is a way of not being shy - and being paid not to… — Roger Allam Copy Share
I like to do a wide variety of things, and acting, particularly in the theatre, has given me that opportunity. — Roger Allam Copy Share
In the theatre, there were plenty of people having sex all over the place - wanting to, and doing it quite successfully - but… — Roger Allam Copy Share
I don't know who can constantly afford to go and see things. A play, which has five people in it and one set and… — Roger Allam Copy Share
I've been choreographed in various musicals before. So I'm not completely two left feet. — Roger Allam Copy Share
Judi Dench told me to shut up once. I was probably going on and on about something, in the way that I do sometimes,… — Roger Allam Copy Share
I don't get mobbed in the street or bothered. Well, people do stop and say nice things. 'I like 'Endeavour,' or, 'I loved The… — Roger Allam Copy Share
What I don't believe is that DVDs or HD broadcasts can be a substitute for the real thing. — Roger Allam Copy Share
