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theartsdesk Q&A: Actor Simon Callow
theartsdesk Q&A: Actor Simon Callow
The actor talks sex, Shakespeare and game-playing with Stephen Fry
Saturday, 02 October 2010
Simon Callow at 61: 'I couldn’t give a damn any more about what anyone thinks about me'
Simon Callow is on the phone when I arrive at his five-star digs, booming his apparently considerable misgivings vis-a-vis appearing in some reality TV exercise in which he will be asked to tutor disadvantaged kids in the mysterious arts of Shakespeare. “They keep saying it will be great”, he rumbles, “but it will only be great if it’s great.” And Amen to that.
Simon Callow is on the phone when I arrive at his five-star digs, booming his apparently considerable misgivings vis-a-vis appearing in some reality TV exercise in which he will be asked to tutor disadvantaged kids in the mysterious arts of Shakespeare. “They keep saying it will be great”, he rumbles, “but it will only be great if it’s great.” And Amen to that.
No performance I’ve ever given has satisfied me. I always have the possibility the next day that I might get it right that time, but I never do
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