All this thing that L.A. doesn't have any love for the theater isn't true. — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
There's something very fine and lucid and rich in this tradition of the English actor. — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
Everything happens every night for this audience, and it's a very special occasion to come to the theatre. — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
So, suddenly I was an actor. I don't remember being nervous. I learned to be nervous later. — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
'Nicholas Nickleby' is 800 pages long. At one time, the theater production was 15 hours long. So it's an interesting process, about… — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
Mostly, theater becomes blander and blander as everyone wants the same thing they saw before. The good plays are the ones that… — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
I joined the Royal Shakespeare Co. with no experience whatsoever - I'd never been to a drama school or anything. But I… — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
I directed Bebe Neuwirth in 'Here Lies Jenny' at the Post Street Theatre. I was gobsmacked - the audiences were extremely knowledgeable,… — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
People very often say to actors that they admire their careers, and I rather think that what's implied by that is that… — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
My first acquaintance with 'Peter Pan' was back when I lived in South London. I was at art school, and I needed… — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
I have a little studio in Chinatown, and I sometimes go there and rearrange my brushes. But I would have to stop… — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
What I strive to do is to make the theater experience something that people remember and recall rather than dismiss because it… — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
The classical actor in England makes roughly the equivalent of a bus driver. — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
I think like an actor when I'm acting, and I think like a director when I'm directing. — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
The hard thing is making sure you work with wonderful people and that you get something out of it so that you… — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
No lens is quick enough to track the movement of the human body. The molecules are always moving. — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
'Nicholas Nickleby' was the best example, where 43 people could make an audience of 1,500 look at a fingernail at any given moment. It… — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
My first acquaintance with 'Peter Pan' was back when I lived in South London. I was at art school, and I needed to earn… — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
I've often thought I'm a short music hall comedian stuck in a leading man's body. — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
The loser, the fool, is embraced in England because there is a recognition of silliness there that allows a person to keep his ambitions… — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
Sometimes the most excruciating experiences in rehearsals and performances yield the most beautiful work. — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
Rattigan's world demanded unwavering trust in principles, loyalty, and virtue. At the time of this play - Rattigan was writing this play in 1947… — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
Everything happens every night for this audience, and it's a very special occasion to come to the theatre. — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
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… — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
When it was announced I had won the Tony Award, I was in Bangkok doing a movie with Judi Dench. I remember coming back… — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
Now, of course, we know there has been an end to apartheid in South Africa, but what excited me was seeing it in the… — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
