Simon Callow
Simon Callow
Simon Phillip Hugh Callow, CBEis an English actor, musician, writer, and theatre director...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth15 June 1949
jesus men stories
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?
real phones people
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.
responsibility blood hands
The elderly are all someone's flesh and blood and we cannot just shut them in a cupboard and hand over the responsibility for taking care of them to the state.
long actors wanted
I actually wanted to be a writer long before I wanted to be an actor.
artist should-have aspect
Artists probably should have some impenetrable aspects of themselves.
facts attributes born
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.
growing-up sunday down-and
I hated Sundays when I was growing up in Streatham, south London. Everything closed down and stopped.
queens actors nine
I went to Queen's University Belfast and stayed nine months, then I ran away to be an actor.
opera direct
I'd like to direct more operas.
jesus personality catholic
Like many Catholics, I was very affected by the personality of Jesus and that impression, pious as it was, has stayed with me.
mother teacher college
My mother wanted me to be a teacher. She had this vision of me walking across the quadrangle in an Oxford college wearing my academic gown.
trying might able
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.
childhood facts influence
Childhood didn't have a big influence on me, really - in fact I spent most of it plotting how to escape.
heart men injustice
Shakespeare speaks for the human heart but Dickens speaks for the social man and for injustices.