"I am a coward, basically, but one of……" — Samuel West
"I am a coward, basically, but one of the things about acting is that you are always putting yourself through yet another test."
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25 Quotes by Samuel West
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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…
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Im lucky enough to work with, I think, the greatest writer theres ever been, Shakespeare. Whose collected works would always…
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We'll be back. I promise you that.
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At heart, this job is about continuing to make great theatre for the people of Sheffield - a city I've…
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I did start reading quite young but I was always read to by my parents, who are both actors. Bedtime…
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It is our duty to endeavor always to promote the general good; to do to all as we would be…
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It would've been hard to do something else, to as it were, run away from the circus and become an…
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Most actors are socialists, aren't they?
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Where licentiousness begins, liberty ends.
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I mean I think children love the idea that there are different viewpoints and different words for things and different…
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If you play a part that's been done before, on stage for instance, you feel like you're carrying a torch…
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Stamps from Afghanistan are hilarious. You can tell when the revolutions are because suddenly they stop having pictures of the…
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Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
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Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.
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For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a…
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We don't have sources who are dissidents on other sources. Should they come forward, that would be a tricky situation…
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I suddenly think the job of acting is a difficult one. It's not as flip, irrelevant and shallow a calling…
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What I enjoy most is travelling to different places and meeting new people. For me, it's all about life experiences,…
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You don't see Indians in Hollywood films around which a story can revolve. As soon as we have a social…
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I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different…
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A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.
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I don't want to stop acting, but acting in some ways is a young man's game.
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