You may be modest and un-egotistical in your life; I'm quite ordinary. But I play big egotistical parts. Roger Rees bigegotisticallife Change image and share on social
You might be the best Hamlet of your generation in the bathroom, but unfortunately, you have to come out and do it on stage, and it's best to do it to people who would fill the house. Roger Rees bathroomfillgeneration Change image and share on social
I usually played comic lovers or losers - weak, ineffectual men. Roger Rees comicineffectualloser Change image and share on social
Television is an important part of how we communicate. Roger Rees communicateimportantpart Change image and share on social
The classical actor in England makes roughly the equivalent of a bus driver. Roger Rees actorbusclassical Change image and share on social
Some of the finest Shakespeare has been done recently by college theater programs. I'll tell you what these young kids have: They have a natural authority in Shakespeare. They feel a right to do it. And once they honor the humanity of it, the rhythm of the verse comes with it. Roger Rees authoritycollegefeel share on social
The loser, the fool, is embraced in England because there is a recognition of silliness there that allows a person to keep his ambitions and desires at a certain distance. Just being in the race is enough. Roger Rees ambitiondesiredistance share on social
'Waiting for Godot,' when it first came out in 1950, was a very different sort of play to the plays that were in the West End at that time in London, because most of those plays were what we call drawing-room comedies. Roger Rees callcomedydraw share on social
I want to play King Lear, Macbeth, Benedict, Coriolanus. I wouldn't mind doing Hamlet again. Well, I'm a little old. Perhaps I can rub Vaseline on the audience's eyes. Roger Rees audiencebenedictcoriolanus Change image and share on social