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" There is something essentially sanguine about me, which I am inclined to attribute to the fact that I was born by caesarean section. It must affect you. "
Simon Callow
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" You could say Shakespeare is so extraordinary precisely because he was so ordinary. He had all the usual anxieties and understandings of what it is to have children, lose children, get married, struggle to make a living and so on. "
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" I get sent a lot of scripts which feature him as a kind of all-purpose Victorian literary character and really understand little, if anything, about him, his life or his books. "
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" 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. "
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" 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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" Many actors have protested about mobile phones going off in theatres, but the real menace now is people texting during a show. It may only disturb a few people around them, but for me, as an actor, when I spot them answering their emails, I am outraged. "
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" Childhood didn't have a big influence on me, really - in fact I spent most of it plotting how to escape. "
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