Simon Callow Quotes

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Simon Callow

Profession : Actor

Birth : June 13, 1949

Very often my weekends are spent performing on Saturday, on stage in the afternoon and again in the evening.

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I am never bored, never short of anything to do and I don't even ever feel lonely. I am quite gregarious and I get out and about a lot, but sometimes it is just wonderful to be on your own.

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I don't practise any religion but I am deeply interested in the answers that mankind has come up with to explain the human situation.

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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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Jesus is absolutely at the centre of Western civilisation and part of my fascination with him is, why? What is it about this particular man and his story?

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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.

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Artists probably should have some impenetrable aspects of themselves.

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I actually wanted to be a writer long before I wanted to be an actor.

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I went to Queen's University Belfast and stayed nine months, then I ran away to be an actor.

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I'd like to direct more operas.

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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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I don't have any big regrets.

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