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
allowed bores collected lucky pillow whose work works writer
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.
play soldier mass
I usually play toffs and soldiers, with a sideline in mass murderers.
proud
I'm rather proud of having been a trainspotter.
clever ideas russia
The idea that if you are very clever you shouldn't be an actor would be laughable in Russia.
believe air issues
What I do believe is theatre is a medium with a peculiar ability to air vital issues.
people different wells
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.
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.
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.
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.
liberty ends american-liberty
Where licentiousness begins, liberty ends.
actors
Most actors are socialists, aren't they?