Sylvester McCoy (Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith) Quotes

Theatre is the principal job of an actor. An actor's job is to tell a story to someone in a room. TV and film can be great and I really love doing it, but it is a different way of telling a story.

Sylvester McCoy

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• Theatre
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• Theatre is the principal job of an actor. An actor's job is to tell a story to someone in a room. TV and film can be great and I really love doing it, but it is a different way of telling a story.

  

  Sylvester McCoy
  • Film
  • Story
  • Theatre