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.
Samuel WestIt would've been hard to do something else, to as it were, run away from the circus and become an accountant.
Samuel WestIm 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.
Samuel WestThe idea that if you are very clever you shouldn't be an actor would be laughable in Russia.
Samuel West