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Shakespeare Quotes

Shakespeare reveals human nature brilliantly: he shines a light on our instinctive desire to dominate each other Picture Quote #1

Classical plays require more imagination and more general training to be able to do. That’s why I like playing Shakespeare better than anything else Picture Quote #1

Everybody gets a little dose of Shakespeare. He’s the greatest playwright in the English language, but his politics are fairly square Picture Quote #1

I have no interest in Shakespeare and all that British nonsense... I just wanted to get famous and all the rest is hogwash Picture Quote #1

Prior to Wordsworth, humor was an essential part of poetry. I mean, they don’t call them Shakespeare comedies for nothing Picture Quote #1

What we know is that Shakespeare wrote perhaps the most remarkable body of passionate love poetry in the English language to a young man Picture Quote #1

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With Shakespeare and poetry, a new world was born. New dreams, new desires, a self consciousness was born. I desired to know to know myself in terms of the new standards set by these books Picture Quote #1

If you are feeling something, then Shakespeare felt it and wrote about it - and wrote about it so eloquently Picture Quote #1

I don’t make much distinction between being a stand-up comic and acting Shakespeare - in fact, unless you’re a good comedian, you’re never going to be able to play Hamlet properly Picture Quote #1

I thought I’d begin by reading a poem by Shakespeare, but then I thought, why should I? He never reads any of mine Picture Quote #1

To judge therefore of Shakespeare by Aristotle’s rule is like trying a man by the Laws of one Country who acted under those of another Picture Quote #1

Anything well written with good language and clarity and honesty is worth doing. It comes out of the same tradition as Shakespeare Picture Quote #1

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You have to work with what you are given, even in Shakespeare. we have our form and it is important that we free ourselves through it Picture Quote #1

The thing that I had saved up for myself and wanted most to bring off was a fully fledged professional production of Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare theater in Stratford Picture Quote #1

I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went there because of Dickens and Shakespeare Picture Quote #1

I should be soaring away with my head tilted slightly toward the gods, feeding on the caviar of Shakespeare. An actor must act Picture Quote #1

I’ve never done anything for money. My first love is things of limited commercial appeal. I could be happy doing Shakespeare for the rest of my life Picture Quote #1

Shakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge from meself, put in Picture Quote #1

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I had the training at drama school where I studied Shakespeare and Brecht and Chekov and all these period historical playwrights and I think that I responded to the material Picture Quote #1

In speaking, for convenience, of devices and expedients, I did not intend to imply that Shakespeare always deliberately aimed at the effects which he produced Picture Quote #1

Most people, even among those who know Shakespeare well and come into real contact with his mind, are inclined to isolate and exaggerate some one aspect of the tragic fact Picture Quote #1

You can find more traditional Shakespeare than we do. But what we want to bring to these works is energy, passion, freshness Picture Quote #1

I do think that, for instance, we’ve been very lucky to have theatrical careers and be associated with Shakespeare which sometimes gives you a kind of bogus kudos Picture Quote #1

There is some mysterious thing that goes on whereby, in the process of playing Shakespeare continuously, actors are surprised by the way the language actually acts on them Picture Quote #1

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If Shakespeare had to go on an author tour to promote Romeo and Juliet, he never would have written Macbeth Picture Quote #1

And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all humans are acting out their parts Picture Quote #1

I did about 2000 covers altogether, for all sorts of books - from Shakespeare to James Bond - and I always had the idea that I must give 100%, no matter who the author was Picture Quote #1

Read not Milton, for he is dry; nor Shakespeare, for he wrote of common life Picture Quote #1

If you got what it takes, you’ll make it. If you don’t, Shakespeare couldn’t help you Picture Quote #1

[Anton] Chekhov is the most produced playwright in the world after Shakespeare, and most of the people in my sort of audience would have seen at least one of his plays Picture Quote #1

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Shakespeare reveals human nature brilliantly: he shines a light on our instinctive desire to dominate each other (Shakespeare Quotes) Classical plays require more imagination and more general training to be able to do. That’s why I like playing Shakespeare better than anything else (Shakespeare Quotes) Everybody gets a little dose of Shakespeare. He’s the greatest playwright in the English language, but his politics are fairly square (Shakespeare Quotes) I have no interest in Shakespeare and all that British nonsense... I just wanted to get famous and all the rest is hogwash (Shakespeare Quotes) Prior to Wordsworth, humor was an essential part of poetry. I mean, they don’t call them Shakespeare comedies for nothing (Shakespeare Quotes) What we know is that Shakespeare wrote perhaps the most remarkable body of passionate love poetry in the English language to a young man (Shakespeare Quotes) With Shakespeare and poetry, a new world was born. New dreams, new desires, a self consciousness was born. I desired to know to know myself in terms of the new standards set by these books (Shakespeare Quotes) If you are feeling something, then Shakespeare felt it and wrote about it - and wrote about it so eloquently (Shakespeare Quotes) I don’t make much distinction between being a stand-up comic and acting Shakespeare - in fact, unless you’re a good comedian, you’re never going to be able to play Hamlet properly (Shakespeare Quotes) I thought I’d begin by reading a poem by Shakespeare, but then I thought, why should I? He never reads any of mine (Shakespeare Quotes) To judge therefore of Shakespeare by Aristotle’s rule is like trying a man by the Laws of one Country who acted under those of another (Shakespeare Quotes) Anything well written with good language and clarity and honesty is worth doing. It comes out of the same tradition as Shakespeare (Shakespeare Quotes) You have to work with what you are given, even in Shakespeare. we have our form and it is important that we free ourselves through it (Shakespeare Quotes) The thing that I had saved up for myself and wanted most to bring off was a fully fledged professional production of Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare theater in Stratford (Shakespeare Quotes) I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went there because of Dickens and Shakespeare (Shakespeare Quotes) I should be soaring away with my head tilted slightly toward the gods, feeding on the caviar of Shakespeare. An actor must act (Shakespeare Quotes) I’ve never done anything for money. My first love is things of limited commercial appeal. I could be happy doing Shakespeare for the rest of my life (Shakespeare Quotes) Shakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge from meself, put in (Shakespeare Quotes) I had the training at drama school where I studied Shakespeare and Brecht and Chekov and all these period historical playwrights and I think that I responded to the material (Shakespeare Quotes) In speaking, for convenience, of devices and expedients, I did not intend to imply that Shakespeare always deliberately aimed at the effects which he produced (Shakespeare Quotes) Most people, even among those who know Shakespeare well and come into real contact with his mind, are inclined to isolate and exaggerate some one aspect of the tragic fact (Shakespeare Quotes) You can find more traditional Shakespeare than we do. But what we want to bring to these works is energy, passion, freshness (Shakespeare Quotes) I do think that, for instance, we’ve been very lucky to have theatrical careers and be associated with Shakespeare which sometimes gives you a kind of bogus kudos (Shakespeare Quotes) There is some mysterious thing that goes on whereby, in the process of playing Shakespeare continuously, actors are surprised by the way the language actually acts on them (Shakespeare Quotes) If Shakespeare had to go on an author tour to promote Romeo and Juliet, he never would have written Macbeth (Shakespeare Quotes) And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all humans are acting out their parts (Shakespeare Quotes) I did about 2000 covers altogether, for all sorts of books - from Shakespeare to James Bond - and I always had the idea that I must give 100%, no matter who the author was (Shakespeare Quotes) Read not Milton, for he is dry; nor Shakespeare, for he wrote of common life (Shakespeare Quotes) If you got what it takes, you’ll make it. If you don’t, Shakespeare couldn’t help you (Shakespeare Quotes) [Anton] Chekhov is the most produced playwright in the world after Shakespeare, and most of the people in my sort of audience would have seen at least one of his plays (Shakespeare Quotes)

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