“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
It's glorious to get all your food shopping without having to set foot in Tesco. — Roger Allam Food 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
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 Find 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 Ambitious Copy Share Image
It's curious that apart from the baroque ranting, 'Sarah & Duck' is very similar to 'The Thick Of It' - great characters,… — Roger Allam Curious Copy Share Image
Shakespeare is the best writing ever. It's incredibly rich, dense, expressive language. — Roger Allam Best 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 Eighties 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 About 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 Acting Copy Share Image
I've had some bad reviews, but not as bad as the things I could imagine for myself. — Roger Allam Bad 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 Acting Copy Share Image
There's a particularly British way of going about things that I rather like, which is very different to the American way. It… — Roger Allam American 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 have got a big deep voice, and that comes in useful for villains. — Roger Allam Big 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 Acting Copy Share Image
What is nice about doing a long-running show is finding a language that gives it some depth. — Roger Allam Depth Copy Share Image
I did hardly any academic work. I learnt a fair amount, though. — Roger Allam Academic Copy Share Image
Of course I would like to be more famous. It offers more career possibilities. But then it can prove restrictive. Plus you… — Roger Allam Career Copy Share Image
You are in a strange world in pantomime, where you are allowed to step out and talk to the audience and do… — Roger Allam Cartoon character 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 Acting 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 Cheap Copy Share Image
