Top 27 Quotes by Antony Sher

I was a weak kid, not good at what all the boys at school were good at and I found that by acting, by being other people, I could liberate myself from those inadequacies.

It's good for actors to confront those things we have to act: panic, pain and death.

You don't expect to get the letter saying, Her Majesty would like to appoint you Knight Commander of the British Empire! It was just a completely overwhelming and exciting day.

I love playing outsiders, I always do.

I was never built to play the hero. Physically or emotionally... And they're not as rewarding to play. At least for me.

I'm always very proud of belonging to three minorities: gay, Jewish, white South African.

I never regret things. It's a really dangerous thing to say, but for anyone involved in the arts, the bad things that happen make for good material. It's not a comfortable truth, but it is true.

I believe deeply in therapy. There's no one in the world who wouldn't benefit from it.

As a gay Jewish white South African, I belong to quite a lot of minority groups. You constantly have to question who you are, what you are and whether you have the courage to be who you are.

Most of my career has been spent with the RSC doing Shakespeare, and the thing you learn from Shakespeare is that his historical plays don't bear anything other than a basic resemblance to history.