Roger Allam Quotes

I came out of repertory theater, where I worked 50 weeks a year, and I loved working with the people.

I wouldn't say that I was a born performer, because I work very hard at it.

I feel that once you go into rehearsal, you need to focus on the show in the room.

It's rare that I come across actors who are willing to work as hard on the material as I am.

I think my best teacher and my best study was theater in general. It taught me a lot of patience and a lot of hard work, and I think that theater teaches you that you've got to know your stuff because you only get one chance.

Being actors is a strange job.

We would change out of costume, then we would read the next days script.

There's no great mystery to acting. It's a very simple thing to do but you have to work hard at it. It's about asking questions and using your imagination.

Acting is about portraying something... that dedication or learning the script of it is really important in really getting to know a topic.

I really respect actors much more now that I am one because I realise what hard work goes into being part of the industry.

I just was never into performing. It's just hard work. It's hard work.

This acting was very hard work.

Acting is glamour but writing is hard work, so I'm going to be an actress.

I've never committed to a role without a script.

Acting is not glamorous. It's not. Anybody who wants to get into acting for the glamour is in for a hard time.

What I do is just go over and over and over my lines and learn the script so well that I can just be easy and relaxed. That's the way I always work.

I just arrive, they hand me a script and say, do it.

Acting was my first love.

I was a repertory actor, which meant that I did a play every week. I was a different character every week; for a year, I was doing 40 or 50 characters.

I was only interested in my scene, and I had to go through thousands and thousands of other scenes. I got my scene and I read it many, many, many, many, many times. That was my research.

Basically, the actor's job is to pay attention to the script.

Acting is always a challenge.

It's just a very different process from maybe working one or two days a week doing one or two scenes a day versus sustaining a performance over two hours or so eight times a week.

Acting is a tough, difficult job with long unsociable hours, although it can be a brilliant job, too. I don't want to complain too much, as nurses, farmers and teachers are out working long hours.

Acting is really scary, but it's also challenging, fun, hard work. There's always an element of improvisation with every actor, even when something is really scripted.