I did hardly any academic work. I learnt a fair amount, though. — Roger Allam Academic Copy Share Image
Try not to worry about embarrassing yourself. That's a lifetime's task. — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
Corporate jollies are generally speaking the kiss of death to an audience. — Roger Allam Audience Copy Share Image
Shakespeare is the best writing ever. It's incredibly rich, dense, expressive language. — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
I've been saying for about 20 years, 'When am I going to get my cop show?' — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
I began getting these terrible headaches and I thought 'Oh great, death.' But it was just tension and tiredness. — Roger Allam Death Copy Share Image
It's glorious to get all your food shopping without having to set foot in Tesco. — Roger Allam Food Copy Share Image
The things that impress you when you're a child have an incredible influence on your life. — Roger Allam Children Copy Share Image
It's lovely going to Oxford, it's very difficult to film there as you're doing a period drama in a city which is… — Roger Allam City Copy Share Image
When I watch my sons play, I think, God, acting's the most natural thing in the world. They take the 'Star Wars'… — Roger Allam Acting Copy Share Image
When the National Theatre was built, it was a public building. If you wander round that building now, there are bits hived… — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
My parents both came from working-class backgrounds, my father particularly. He came from a very poor family, 12 of them lived in… — Roger Allam Family Copy Share Image
I don't get mobbed in the street or bothered. Well, people do stop and say nice things. 'I like 'Endeavour,' or, 'I… — 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 Acting Copy Share Image
I played Benedick in 'Much Ado About Nothing' nearly 30 years ago at the RSC, alongside Susan Fleetwood as Beatrice, and I… — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
Watching your children growing up makes you aware of time passing. You think, 'Oh, God, look at them now! He won't be… — Roger Allam Children Copy Share Image
Practice, learn the lines, work hard, don't be too respectful. Sometimes we can get too hung up on the fact that the… — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
I invented this wonderful death scene for Javert of going down on my knees and then leaning back like a limbo dancer… — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
I listened to a clip someone had put up of me singing 'I Am What I Am' in the musical 'La Cage… — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
I remember once about 10 years ago when I was injured, having to rehearse, and I was walking with a stick. And… — Roger Allam Grace 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 Actor Copy Share Image
I had a serious and rather drunken research session with the great Charles MacLean, who took me through the history of whisky… — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
Bizarrely, someone involved in the children's show 'Sarah and Duck,' which I narrate, recently found a coat with my name on it… — Roger Allam Children Copy Share Image
“[Measure for Measure] leaves me with the sense that life is all there is, so we might as well live it as… — Roger Allam Life Copy Share Image
“I began to recall my own experience when I was Mercutio’s age (late teens I decided, a year or two older than… — Roger Allam Art and culture Copy Share Image
“Italy still has a provincial sophistication that comes from its long history as a collection of city states. That, combined with a… — Roger Allam History Copy Share Image
Theatre has been a part of my education as much as anything else. — Roger Allam Actor Copy Share Image
Getting a good education was of immense importance to my parents. — Roger Allam Education Copy Share Image
![“[Measure for Measure] leaves me with the sense that life is all there is, so we might as well live it as best we can; that being human is not a given something we have to strive for. That the reason we are here is to live and that this involves making many difficult judgements.” quote by Roger Allam](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/ca3/roger-allam-7409_life_measure-for-measure-leaves-me-with-the-s_3001902.jpg)
