Roger Allam Quotes

Theatre's still expensive compared to downloading on Netflix; that has to be addressed. It doesn't mean it has to be over-subsidised by the state, but it's something we're trying to figure out.

I don't think that the theater should necessarily pay.

There isn't really a theatre culture in L.A., which is odd when there are so many brilliant actors there.

Concert-going has become much less the thing to do, while people are still going to opera. This might be a harsh judgment, but it could easily happen that orchestras could slowly atrophy.

Broadway's not what it used to be.

I love pulling people into concert halls who might not otherwise go and getting their ears tuned.

I'm conflicted with theater in the city because you want to reach a diverse audience, and that audience doesn't typically go to the theater.

I go a lot to see young people downtown in little theaters. It's great. If you start somebody's career, it's so exciting.

The nature of touring is packaging acts together that have strong catalogues of music. It's about making sure that it's a winning combination. It's really about giving people value for their money.

I tell my children to avoid theatre and go into cinema and TV.

Some government expenditure actually makes a profit. Our theatre leads the world. Loads of tourists must be attracted by the fact that you could spend a week in London doing nothing but visit superb museums and galleries, free.

I actually run a non-profit where one of the main objectives is to branch out and get a new audience for the theater. Just because the writing is so good and nothing is more effective than seeing something live and happening right in front of your face, so I definitely want to continue to pursue that.

Whether that's positive or not, people are talking about the Old Vic Theater again with passion and commitment and controversy and debate.

When I go to a concert, I can't believe that people pay lots of money to see a band that they obviously like and then they dance the whole time.

Someday I'd love to come back and start a theater company in Boulder. That would be a dream come true.

There are two big beasts in the arts: the BBC and Sky Arts - challenging, leading the way.

I think theater is the strongest place to find what's missing in entertainment. Unfortunately, it pays the least.

Older people generally appreciate live music.

It seems to me, in this culture, you need to have a subsidy to do theatre, not that I put theatre above anything else.

What isn't for everybody shouldn't be for anybody: the world's opera houses are the reasons we have cardboard cities.

Of course, I love the arenas; there's a great deal of energy and excitement playing those kind of shows. But there's something that's very intimate and very special about a small venue, where you really feel like you're almost getting to know everyone in the audience.

For my money, all theatre should be free.

The theatre world is so starved of funds, and that's unfortunately reflected in the pay.

We didn't go to Broadway musicals when I was growing up; it was too expensive.

Sometimes you catch people's eyes during the show, which is horrible and awkward. I can always see the people in the front row, and sometimes you get people who are fast asleep. Maybe they had a long day at work, but that's an expensive nap.