Roger Rees

No lens is quick enough to track the movement of the human body. The molecules are always moving.

— Roger Rees

'Nicholas Nickleby' was the best example, where 43 people could make an audience of 1,500 look at a fingernail at any given…

— Roger Rees

My first acquaintance with 'Peter Pan' was back when I lived in South London. I was at art school, and I needed…

— Roger Rees

I've often thought I'm a short music hall comedian stuck in a leading man's body.

— Roger Rees

The loser, the fool, is embraced in England because there is a recognition of silliness there that allows a person to keep…

— Roger Rees

Sometimes the most excruciating experiences in rehearsals and performances yield the most beautiful work.

— Roger Rees

Rattigan's world demanded unwavering trust in principles, loyalty, and virtue. At the time of this play - Rattigan was writing this play…

— Roger Rees

Everything happens every night for this audience, and it's a very special occasion to come to the theatre.

— Roger Rees

Some of the finest Shakespeare has been done recently by college theater programs. I'll tell you what these young kids have: They…

— Roger Rees

Anything I do is as theatrical as I can get it.

— Roger Rees

When it was announced I had won the Tony Award, I was in Bangkok doing a movie with Judi Dench. I remember…

— Roger Rees

Now, of course, we know there has been an end to apartheid in South Africa, but what excited me was seeing it…

— Roger Rees

I am an anthologist, you see. I sort of make anthologies for people.

— Roger Rees

If you live in the States, you have to join a gym.

— Roger Rees

I do one thing Gielgud didn't: I play the ukulele.

— Roger Rees

I have a little studio in Chinatown, and I sometimes go there and rearrange my brushes. But I would have to stop…

— Roger Rees

'Merry Wives of Windsor' is a wonderful machine. It's one of the great farces, and it's astonishing to remember that this is…

— Roger Rees

That's been the tragedy of my life, actually. I've always looked younger than I am.

— Roger Rees

I wish I'd played Coriolanus.

— Roger Rees

So, suddenly I was an actor. I don't remember being nervous. I learned to be nervous later.

— Roger Rees

I don't think perfection is possible. I think you can attempt to reach perfection, but I don't think it's a possible thing.…

— Roger Rees

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

'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

I've always thought like I'm really a 3-feet-high comic trapped in a leading man's body... but then I played Nicholas Nickleby, and…

— Roger Rees

I love to argue and share bright ideas in a rehearsal room, and when you live with somebody who is working on…

— Roger Rees