Simon Callow Quotes & Sayings
33 most famous Simon Callow quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He's a 75 year old British actor born on Jun 24, 1949.
“The elderly are all someone's flesh and blood and we cannot just shut them in a cupboard and hand over the responsibility for taking care of them to the state.”
“Childhood didn't have a big influence on me, really - in fact I spent most of it plotting how to escape.”
“Many actors have protested about mobile phones going off in theatres, but the real menace now is people texting during a show. It may only disturb a few people around them, but for me, as an actor, when I spot them answering their emails, I am outraged.”
“Shakespeare wrote all there is that we need to know about dementia in 'King Lear.'”
“Bleak House is just the most astounding piece of work. There's huge, visionary poetry in it.”
“Having caught a glimpse of what I might be able to do with my talent, I feel a tremendous obligation to try to fulfill it.”
“Very often my weekends are spent performing on Saturday, on stage in the afternoon and again in the evening.”
“When children have grieving parents it's also common for them to feel an obligation to cheer them up and make them happy.”
“He always describes his characters' voices and their physique so brilliantly. As people have said, they are cartoons, caricatures. They're grotesques really.”
“I am never bored, never short of anything to do and I don't even ever feel lonely. I am quite gregarious and I get out and about a lot, but sometimes it is just wonderful to be on your own.”
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