Roger Rees

In Tom Cone's work nothing is easy.

— Roger Rees

Arthur Winslow is one of the great parts.

— Roger Rees

I was 36 when I played Nicholas Nickleby.

— Roger Rees

Daring to love someone is something we all do.

— Roger Rees

I was a skinny 17-year-old.

— Roger Rees

It's a vain craft, acting.

— Roger Rees

I love to see people blossom.

— Roger Rees

I've been with Shakespeare all my life.

— Roger Rees

It doesn't seem Shakespeare works if you turn him into a religion.

— Roger Rees

History is with us until we learn from the suffering of the past.

— Roger Rees

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

— Roger Rees

I don't know why, but I was really good in that first play.

— Roger Rees

If you take away a lot of the pretension and grandness from Shakespeare, a true poeticism is revealed.

— Roger Rees

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

— Roger Rees

I like to do really good things. But 'good' - witness Charles Dickens - doesn't mean 'not popular.'

— Roger Rees

My neighborhood in South London was very Dickensian.

— Roger Rees

I joined the Royal Shakespeare Co. with no experience whatsoever - I'd never been to a drama school or anything. But I…

— Roger Rees

I directed Bebe Neuwirth in 'Here Lies Jenny' at the Post Street Theatre. I was gobsmacked - the audiences were extremely knowledgeable,…

— Roger Rees

Gerry Schoenfeld told me 'Les Parents Terribles' was not going to sell, even though we had Kathleen Turner and Jude Law in…

— Roger Rees

I want to play King Lear, Macbeth, Benedict, Coriolanus. I wouldn't mind doing Hamlet again. Well, I'm a little old. Perhaps I…

— Roger Rees

Well-written plays deserve to be learned from and understood properly, both by actors and audiences alike, and Rattigan's very human characters help…

— Roger Rees

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

— Roger Rees

Mostly, theater becomes blander and blander as everyone wants the same thing they saw before. The good plays are the ones that…

— Roger Rees

The shields were enormous. In 'Julius Caesar,' I died early in the scene and used to fall asleep under the shield until…

— 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

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

— Roger Rees

What I strive to do is to make the theater experience something that people remember and recall rather than dismiss because it…

— 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

'Waiting for Godot,' when it first came out in 1950, was a very different sort of play to the plays that were…

— 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

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

— 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

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

— Roger Rees

I just do what I'm asked, really.

— Roger Rees

I wish I'd played Coriolanus.

— Roger Rees

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

— Roger Rees

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

— Roger Rees

Even Shakespeare gives you a scene off.

— Roger Rees

Exercising choice is a good thing.

— Roger Rees

I like working with authors who are a bit pesky.

— Roger Rees