Roger Allam Quotes

Roger Allam

Profession : Actor

Birth : October 26, 1953

I was nervous about a Corbyn government, although I would have supported it because a lot of the policies were good. I was far more nervous of a Conservative government but here it is, we've just got to deal with it.

Roger Allam

Writing opera off as intrinsically elitist is absurd.

Roger Allam

What I don't believe is that DVDs or HD broadcasts can be a substitute for the real thing.

Roger Allam

I remember as a student going to Covent Garden, where they took out the stall seats and you hunkered down on the floor - I heard Pavarotti in Tosca there, and the experience of being in that same room with that astonishing voice has never left me.

Roger Allam

I had done some acting at school, but I wasn't particularly good at it. What inspired me was going to the Old Vic in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when the National Theatre was based there.

Roger Allam

I can do posh.

Roger Allam

Shakespeare is the best writing ever. It's incredibly rich, dense, expressive language.

Roger Allam

Theatre has been a part of my education as much as anything else.

Roger Allam

Lots of people are astounded that I was in the first cast of 'Les Miserables.' Possibly because I look so incredibly youthful.

Roger Allam

There's a particularly British way of going about things that I rather like, which is very different to the American way. It comes out of the amateur rep tradition of actors thinking: 'Well, I'm only 26, but I'll put on a beard and have a go at King Lear.'

Roger Allam

For me, acting is like a pool you dive into. If you're lucky, you find what you need, then get out again.

Roger Allam

I've had some bad reviews, but not as bad as the things I could imagine for myself.

Roger Allam

When the National Theatre was built, it was a public building. If you wander round that building now, there are bits hived off for people who pay more money. That's happening across the arts.

Roger Allam

I loved the variety of acting: turning your hand to different things and bringing whoever you were to it. There is something almost amateurish about it that appealed to me.

Roger Allam

Opera requires an enormous commitment. You must devote your whole life to producing that extraordinary sound.

Roger Allam

That's the extraordinary thing about opera: it has the power to elicit a physical reaction. I don't know if I'd have been any good or not, but I do know that I was never committed enough to find out.

Roger Allam

'La Cage' has got a broad appeal. It obviously appeals to the gay community, but it's also a good, fun show that appeals across a broad audience, a great big mixture.

Roger Allam

I have a glass of wine. Red. Generally when I'm cooking.

Roger Allam

I've never been to Barcelona, I'd like to go there; also South America.

Roger Allam

I live near a beautiful park, and when I walk around it, the beauty of it can take your breath away. It makes you realize there is something bigger, certainly bigger than me.

Roger Allam