“I'm lucky enough to work with, I think, the greatest writer there's ev...” — Samuel West Quote

“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.”

“It would've been hard to do something else, to as it were, run away from the circus and become an accountant.”

“If you play a part that's been done before, on stage for instance, you feel like you're carrying a torch and staggering under the weight of it for a bit and then passing it on to somebody else.”

“It's a good rule of thumb, it seems to me: if you're not allowed to see where something comes from, don't put it in your mouth.”

“As analytical pharmacologists, what we are allowed to see of a new molecule's properties is totally dependent on the techniques of bioassay we use.”

“I wanted to find a way of life that allowed me great freedom, not to be stuck. I went to a very traditional school, which prepared people for the army or for banking or for industry, and I wanted to be outside of that.”