What drew me to acting in the first place was disguise.
From 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.
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.
I love playing outsiders, I always do.
The whole of my acting career is a bit of a mystery to me.
I was never built to play the hero. Physically or emotionally... And they're not as rewarding to play. At least for me.
When I'm painting and drawing I only do people. Acting is obviously portraiture - and writing is as well.
It's good for actors to confront those things we have to act: panic, pain and death.
A lot of good actors tend to be quite introverted as people.
I don't believe in an afterlife.
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