Samuel West Quotes

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• [P]erfect freedom consists in obeying the dictates of right reason, and submitting to natural law. When a man goes beyond or contrary to the law…
• Im lucky enough to work with, I think, the greatest writer theres ever been, Shakespeare. Whose collected works would always be under my pillow if…
• We'll be back. I promise you that.
• At heart, this job is about continuing to make great theatre for the people of Sheffield - a city I've known and loved since childhood.
• I did start reading quite young but I was always read to by my parents, who are both actors. Bedtime stories from when I was…
• It is our duty to endeavor always to promote the general good; to do to all as we would be willing to be done by…
• It would've been hard to do something else, to as it were, run away from the circus and become an accountant.
• Most actors are socialists, aren't they?
• Where licentiousness begins, liberty ends.
• I mean I think children love the idea that there are different viewpoints and different words for things and different worlds. And the more that…
• If you play a part that's been done before, on stage for instance, you feel like you're carrying a torch and staggering under the weight…
• Stamps from Afghanistan are hilarious. You can tell when the revolutions are because suddenly they stop having pictures of the mullahs and the independence monument…
• When you are in a bad production there are two things you can do. You can do your best or you can leave. I chose…
• Of course 'Hamlet' is a debate about the nature and morality of revenge and whether it is right to do something to assuage your angry…
• My one remaining professional ambition is to read the shipping forecast. I live in hope.
• Most good art is left wing. It's a moot point whether there is any good right-wing art.
• Books don't exist unless you read them. And it's a two way process - you write the book as you read it and you fill…
• I absolutely love working with my dad because there is such an ease about it, and I also love his company.
• I am a coward, basically, but one of the things about acting is that you are always putting yourself through yet another test.
• I usually play toffs and soldiers, with a sideline in mass murderers.

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