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
book thinking lucky
Im lucky enough to work with, I think, the greatest writer theres 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.
two thirds productions
When you are in a bad production there are two things you can do. You can do your best or you can leave. I chose to do the third thing which was sulk.
revenge feelings morality
Of course 'Hamlet' is a debate about the nature and morality of revenge and whether it is right to do something to assuage your angry feelings.
graduates
Shakespeare I love, but for an English graduate, I'm incredibly badly read.
reading mean thinking
I'm not very good at relaxing. Reading's the main thing. On the bus, on the tube, on the loo. Literally all the time. I mean, I don't think there's a moment of the day when I wouldn't be if I was left alone.
clever ideas russia
The idea that if you are very clever you shouldn't be an actor would be laughable in Russia.
proud
I'm rather proud of having been a trainspotter.
play soldier mass
I usually play toffs and soldiers, with a sideline in mass murderers.
acting coward tests
I am a coward, basically, but one of the things about acting is that you are always putting yourself through yet another test.
dad ease my-dad
I absolutely love working with my dad because there is such an ease about it, and I also love his company.
book writing two
Books don't exist unless you read them. And it's a two way process - you write the book as you read it and you fill in the gaps. You discover it and you put the marks together and without you doing it they're just marks.
art wings right-wing
Most good art is left wing. It's a moot point whether there is any good right-wing art.
ambition shipping forecasts
My one remaining professional ambition is to read the shipping forecast. I live in hope.
men law confusion
[P]erfect freedom consists in obeying the dictates of right reason, and submitting to natural law. When a man goes beyond or contrary to the law of nature and reason, he . . . introduces confusion and disorder into society . . . [thus] where licentiousness begins, liberty ends.