Samuel West

At heart, this job is about continuing to make great theatre for the people of Sheffield - a city I've known and…

— Samuel West

When you are in a bad production there are two things you can do. You can do your best or you can…

— Samuel West

I mean I think children love the idea that there are different viewpoints and different words for things and different worlds. And…

— Samuel West

When people say, 'If I had my life over again I wouldn't do anything different,' well, I'd do everything differently just for…

— Samuel West

It is our duty to endeavor always to promote the general good; to do to all as we would be willing to…

— Samuel West

I'm not very good at relaxing. Reading's the main thing. On the bus, on the tube, on the loo. Literally all the…

— Samuel West

I did start reading quite young but I was always read to by my parents, who are both actors. Bedtime stories from…

— Samuel West

I really do think the things that make our society what it is are under threat. It should be about everyone having…

— Samuel West

The idea that if you are very clever you shouldn't be an actor would be laughable in Russia.

— Samuel West

Im lucky enough to work with, I think, the greatest writer theres ever been, Shakespeare. Whose collected works would always be under…

— Samuel West

Books don't exist unless you read them. And it's a two way process - you write the book as you read it…

— Samuel West

Most good art is left wing. It's a moot point whether there is any good right-wing art.

— Samuel West

I am a coward, basically, but one of the things about acting is that you are always putting yourself through yet another…

— Samuel West

We'll be back. I promise you that.

— Samuel West

Stamps from Afghanistan are hilarious. You can tell when the revolutions are because suddenly they stop having pictures of the mullahs and…

— Samuel West

What did my parents say when I told them I wanted to be an actor? 'Be a plumber.'

— Samuel West

Of course 'Hamlet' is a debate about the nature and morality of revenge and whether it is right to do something to…

— Samuel West

I'm lucky enough to work with, I think, the greatest writer there's ever been, Shakespeare. Whose collected works would always be under…

— Samuel West

What I do believe is theatre is a medium with a peculiar ability to air vital issues.

— Samuel West

Where licentiousness begins, liberty ends.

— Samuel West

If you play a part that's been done before, on stage for instance, you feel like you're carrying a torch and staggering…

— Samuel West

[P]erfect freedom consists in obeying the dictates of right reason, and submitting to natural law. When a man goes beyond or contrary…

— Samuel West

I usually play toffs and soldiers, with a sideline in mass murderers.

— Samuel West

My one remaining professional ambition is to read the shipping forecast. I live in hope.

— Samuel West

Most actors are socialists, aren't they?

— Samuel West