Roger Allam Quotes

I always wanted to tell stories and act.

An actor is at most a poet and at least an entertainer.

It's communication - that's what theatre is all about.

I never liked miming.

I don't know what acting is, but I enjoy it.

I studied and performed and even taught mime years ago.

I love comedy, but I actually do prefer drama because I am already animated as a human being.

To be perfectly honest, drama is a lot simpler than comedy.

I'm theater trained.

I'm a storyteller, I'm an actor, an entertainer.

Acting is an expression of imagination. No firsthand knowledge is necessary.

I've always believed, maybe naively, that 'The play's the thing.'

I never made a clear-cut in my mind between theatre and film, as I always felt that at the heart of both of them is storytelling and acting.

My background is in dance, but as soon as I found acting and realized that I could entertain people, not just with my body but with what comes out of my mouth, I was into that.

Acting's entertainment. It's not brain surgery.

Acting was my first love.

Acting and modeling have nothing to do with each other.

I like to make people laugh. That's for sure. And I really like to humiliate myself and go very far in derision and stuff. But no, I like everything. I started a little bit of doing drama, too. I like that, too. I guess I just want to touch everything.

My drama instructor suggested I try comedy. I was resistant at first because I considered myself a serious actor, but of course I fell in love with it.

I think every actor should go back and do theater periodically.

I got a chance to act, and I have to say that acting is extremely fun and vital.

I have done a lot of theater.

As an actor all we want to do is act and play people.

Acting is something I love to do. I love to perform and I love the art, the craft of it.

I think acting is a gift.