What I loved about Edinburgh was being able to walk to work through a beautiful place. — Roger Allam Beautiful 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 Acting Copy Share Image
I've been choreographed in various musicals before. So I'm not completely two left feet. — Roger Allam Dance 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
The things that impress you when you're a child have an incredible influence on your life. — Roger Allam Children 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
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
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
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
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
It's curious that apart from the baroque ranting, 'Sarah & Duck' is very similar to 'The Thick Of It' - great characters,… — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
'The Judas Kiss' was really wonderful. I loved that it concentrated on just two events in Wilde's life, and Rupert Everett was… — Roger Allam Events 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
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
The acting bug first bit when I went to see 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead' at the Old Vic. — Roger Allam Acting Copy Share Image
I've never been to Barcelona, I'd like to go there; also South America. — Roger Allam America Copy Share Image
The main thing about the Globe is there's 700 people all standing right in front of you. — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
As so many people seem to have done, I kind of fell in love with Willy Brandt. — Roger Allam Brandt Copy Share Image
Lots of people are astounded that I was in the first cast of 'Les Miserables.' Possibly because I look so incredibly youthful. — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
It must be every critic's dream when you're at something utterly intolerable to actually get up and intervene and make it stop. — Roger Allam Dream Copy Share Image
As soon as you have two small children, they take up a lot of time and energy. — Roger Allam Children 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 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
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
It's important to take risks and challenge yourself. That's why I went into acting, really. — Roger Allam Acting 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 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've had some bad reviews, but not as bad as the things I could imagine for myself. — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
With those long American TV contracts you think, 'yes, at the end of that I'd be rich.' But at the same time… — 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 Acting 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
I was nervous about a Corbyn government, although I would have supported it because a lot of the policies were good. I… — Roger Allam Conservative Copy Share Image
People are just repeating mantras like, 'get Brexit done,' 'strong and stable,' 'dither and delay'. There must be a way of satirizing… — Roger Allam Brexit 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
