Samuel West
Samuel West
Samuel Alexander Joseph West, also known as Sam West, is an English actor and director. He is best known for his role in the film Howards End and his work on stage...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth19 June 1966
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I'm lucky enough to work with, I think, the greatest writer there's ever been, Shakespeare. Whose collected works would always be under my pillow if I was only ever allowed one book to keep, and who never bores me.
society
I really do think the things that make our society what it is are under threat. It should be about everyone having the potential to be what they're going to be.
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When people say, 'If I had my life over again I wouldn't do anything different,' well, I'd do everything differently just for the variety.
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What I do believe is theatre is a medium with a peculiar ability to air vital issues.
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What did my parents say when I told them I wanted to be an actor? 'Be a plumber.'
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Stamps from Afghanistan are hilarious. You can tell when the revolutions are because suddenly they stop having pictures of the mullahs and the independence monument and they start having fish on them.
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If you play a part that's been done before, on stage for instance, you feel like you're carrying a torch and staggering under the weight of it for a bit and then passing it on to somebody else.
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I mean I think children love the idea that there are different viewpoints and different words for things and different worlds. And the more that they pretend to be other people, the harder it is for them to hate them and misunderstand them when they grow up.
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Where licentiousness begins, liberty ends.
actors
Most actors are socialists, aren't they?
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It would've been hard to do something else, to as it were, run away from the circus and become an accountant.
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I did start reading quite young but I was always read to by my parents, who are both actors. Bedtime stories from when I was about two/three to when I was about 15. In fact they didn't stop until I eventually kind of kicked them out of my bedroom.
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At heart, this job is about continuing to make great theatre for the people of Sheffield - a city I've known and loved since childhood.
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We'll be back. I promise you that.