Why is an actor's unintentional giggling called a 'corpse'? It seems to me quite the opposite. It proves that he's very much… — Antony Sher Copy Share Image
I feel so sorry for younger actors who aren't able to have the opportunities that I had, starting out in repertory theatre.… — Antony Sher Copy Share Image
It's good for actors to confront those things we have to act: panic, pain and death. — Antony Sher Copy Share Image
As we're leaving the King's Arms Hotel after Sunday lunch, I watch a beautiful white dove walking down the wet road. A car approaches… — Antony Sher Copy Share Image
“[Monty] talks about Fritz Perls and the Gestalt theory. The here and now is the only time that exists. And being yourself. Not accepting… — Antony Sher Copy Share Image
I have a Woody Allen Jewish attitude to life: that it's all going to be disastrous. That it hasn't all been that way is… — Antony Sher Copy Share Image
Reading Shakespeare is sometimes like looking through a window into a dark room. You don't see in. You see nothing but a reflection of… — Antony Sher Copy Share Image
You don't expect to get the letter saying, Her Majesty would like to appoint you Knight Commander of the British Empire! It was just… — Antony Sher Copy Share Image
“Ciss says, 'People have less emotions than actors think they have. For much of the time we hide our emotions, we haven't time for… — Antony Sher Copy Share Image
I've been quoting the book [on Peter Sutcliffe] constantly in rehearsals. Some members of the cast have stated their disapproval that it should even… — Antony Sher Copy Share Image
Most of my career has been spent with the RSC doing Shakespeare, and the thing you learn from Shakespeare is that his historical plays… — Antony Sher Copy Share Image
We've all got darkness inside us. And I've got quite a lot of darkness. — Antony Sher Copy Share Image