I don't think there are roles that would attract me to do a long run in the theatre. — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
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
I like to do a wide variety of things, and acting, particularly in the theatre, has given me that opportunity. — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
In the theatre, there were plenty of people having sex all over the place - wanting to, and doing it quite successfully… — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
I don't know who can constantly afford to go and see things. A play, which has five people in it and one… — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
Never go dead for a second on stage. Even if you are doing nothing, do it actively. — Roger Allam 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 Copy Share Image
Be ambitious. The great actor, director and playwright Ann Jellicoe commissioned writers like Howard Barker and David Edgar, and put on magnificent,… — 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 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
I suppose there's a particular kind of efficiency about coming from a theatre tradition. You don't make a fuss, and you're cheap. — 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
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
At school I was a disaster academically but being involved in drama helped me to find another pathway into things. — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
I like the fact that in the theatre nothing is ever finished because you're going to do it all over again tomorrow,… — 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 Image
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 Image
I like to do a wide variety of things, and acting, particularly in the theatre, has given me that opportunity. — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
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 Image
Try not to worry about embarrassing yourself. That's a lifetime's task. — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
I've never been to Barcelona, I'd like to go there; also South America. — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
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 Image
I've been choreographed in various musicals before. So I'm not completely two left feet. — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
