I was 36 when I played Nicholas Nickleby. Roger Rees More Quotes by Roger Rees More Quotes From Roger Rees I love to see people blossom. Roger Rees blossom see love people I joined the Royal Shakespeare Co. with no experience whatsoever - I'd never been to a drama school or anything. But I was strong and could lift things, I could move scenery about. Roger Rees scenery experience strong school I got out of this school and went to Camberwell College of Arts, a terribly prestigious thing to do. I was there to be a painter. And I sketched so well that, a year later, I was sent to Slade School of Fine Art, one of the great art schools. Roger Rees great college art school Sometimes the most excruciating experiences in rehearsals and performances yield the most beautiful work. Roger Rees experiences work beautiful sometimes The Elizabethan mind wanted and demanded that one word could mean 50 things. What Shakespeare offers us is not ambiguity; it's choices. Roger Rees things one-word choices mind No lens is quick enough to track the movement of the human body. The molecules are always moving. Roger Rees always body enough moving I think like an actor when I'm acting, and I think like a director when I'm directing. Roger Rees director like think acting The classical actor in England makes roughly the equivalent of a bus driver. Roger Rees driver actor bus england Everything happens every night for this audience, and it's a very special occasion to come to the theatre. Roger Rees everything theatre special night I was at a pretty rough school, and the only thing I was good at was art. Roger Rees pretty good art school I wish I'd played Coriolanus. Roger Rees i-wish played wish I directed Bebe Neuwirth in 'Here Lies Jenny' at the Post Street Theatre. I was gobsmacked - the audiences were extremely knowledgeable, affectionate, interested, and not cynical. Roger Rees post here street theatre Anything I do is as theatrical as I can get it. Roger Rees anything get theatrical i-can Nothing in the world in perfect. Even a still photograph. Roger Rees nothing photograph perfect world I don't think perfection is possible. I think you can attempt to reach perfection, but I don't think it's a possible thing. I think perfection is a moving point, and we spend our artistic lives chasing it. Roger Rees think you perfection moving Arthur Winslow is one of the great parts. Roger Rees parts great arthur Rattigan wrote some very good plays. Roger Rees wrote some very good Well-written plays deserve to be learned from and understood properly, both by actors and audiences alike, and Rattigan's very human characters help us do that. Roger Rees us help human deserve Rattigan's world demanded unwavering trust in principles, loyalty, and virtue. At the time of this play - Rattigan was writing this play in 1947 about an incident that took place in 1914 - should a boy say he didn't do something, his father would believe him; a British father would take the defense of his son's honor to his grave. Roger Rees trust time father son That's been the tragedy of my life, actually. I've always looked younger than I am. Roger Rees i-am my-life always life
