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
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.
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.
acting actors needs
I've come to this conclusion: What makes a great actor is great need. A huge need of acting.
doctors years film
When the BBC decided to bring Doctor Who back as a feature film a few years ago, one national newspaper ran a poll to ask its readers who should be the new Doctor, and I topped it.