After I left the R.S.C., I did a musical, 'Masquerade,' where I played a rabbit. I was the lead.
From Roger Rees
I was an art student when I was a boy, and as an art student you don't have to talk to anyone - you just have to paint really wonderful paintings. It's very unlike being an actor, where you have to talk all the time.
I joined the Royal Shakespeare Co. with no experience whatsoever - I'd never been to a drama school or anything. But I was strong and could lift things, I could move scenery about.
Sometimes I think I'll go off and be a milkman or a greengrocer, some easy job.
Even Shakespeare gives you a scene off.
I usually played comic lovers or losers - weak, ineffectual men.
My neighborhood in South London was very Dickensian.
I just do what I'm asked, really.
I think like an actor when I'm acting, and I think like a director when I'm directing.
I love to argue and share bright ideas in a rehearsal room, and when you live with somebody who is working on the same show, the delight can go on all evening!
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