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" 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
School
Strong
Experience
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" 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. "
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" I'm really interested in the form, putting one piece up against another and finding something corroborative in another voice. I've done a lot of that. "
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" That's been the tragedy of my life, actually. I've always looked younger than I am. "
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" I was really serious about painting, so I could never be a Sunday painter. You can't just switch it on and off. "
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" Everything happens every night for this audience, and it's a very special occasion to come to the theatre. "
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" 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. "
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" After I left the R.S.C., I did a musical, 'Masquerade,' where I played a rabbit. I was the lead. "
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" 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. "
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Post
Cynical
" Arthur Winslow is one of the great parts. "
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Arthur
Parts
Great
" I am an anthologist, you see. I sort of make anthologies for people. "
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See
Make
" I was at a pretty rough school, and the only thing I was good at was art. "
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Only
School
" No lens is quick enough to track the movement of the human body. The molecules are always moving. "
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Moving
Body
Always
" I wish I'd played Coriolanus. "
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Played
I Wish
Wish
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Us
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" The Elizabethan mind wanted and demanded that one word could mean 50 things. What Shakespeare offers us is not ambiguity; it's choices. "
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One Word
Ambiguity
" 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. "
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Think
You
Perfection
" You may be modest and un-egotistical in your life; I'm quite ordinary. But I play big egotistical parts. "
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You