Quotes by Simon Callow

Simon Callow

Artists probably should have some impenetrable aspects of themselves.

Artist

Should

Should Have

Childhood didn’t have a big influence on me, really – in fact I spent most of it plotting how to escape.

Childhood

Facts

Influence

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.

Glimpse

Might

Trying

I hated Sundays when I was growing up in Streatham, south London. Everything closed down and stopped.

Down And

Growing Up

Sunday

I love storytelling and I love just relating directly to an audience. That’s why we do theatre, it’s because we love contact with the audience. We love the fact that the audience will change us. The way the audience responds makes us change our performance.

Facts

Theatre

Way

I went to Queen’s University Belfast and stayed nine months, then I ran away to be an actor.

Actors

Nine

Queens

I’d like to direct more operas.

Direct

Opera

I’ve come to this conclusion: What makes a great actor is great need. A huge need of acting.

Acting

Actors

Needs

Increasingly I’ve come to think that what’s at the core of acting is thinking. Most people would say it’s feeling.

Feelings

People

Thinking

Like many Catholics, I was very affected by the personality of Jesus and that impression, pious as it was, has stayed with me.

Catholic

Jesus

Personality

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Quotes by Simon Callow

Simon Callow

Artists probably should have some impenetrable aspects of themselves.

Childhood didn’t have a big influence on me, really – in fact I spent most of it plotting how to escape.

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.

I hated Sundays when I was growing up in Streatham, south London. Everything closed down and stopped.

I love storytelling and I love just relating directly to an audience. That’s why we do theatre, it’s because we love contact with the audience. We love the fact that the audience will change us. The way the audience responds makes us change our performance.

I went to Queen’s University Belfast and stayed nine months, then I ran away to be an actor.

I’d like to direct more operas.

I’ve come to this conclusion: What makes a great actor is great need. A huge need of acting.

Increasingly I’ve come to think that what’s at the core of acting is thinking. Most people would say it’s feeling.

Like many Catholics, I was very affected by the personality of Jesus and that impression, pious as it was, has stayed with me.

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