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Shakespeare Quotes

The world was to Shakespeare a great stage of fools on which he was utterly bewildered. His pregnant observations of life are not coordinated into any philosophy Picture Quote #1

If you decide to do Hamlet in a funny hat staged in a ruined factory, it doesn’t make you Shakespeare Picture Quote #1

If you’re a Shakespeare fan, isn’t that a way to negotiate sex and death Picture Quote #1

Was Mann himself fully aware of all the facets of his irony? Probably not - any more than Shakespeare was fully aware of all the riches subsequent critics have found in his plays Picture Quote #1

I think this [Gnomeo and Juliet] is the closest I ought to get to Shakespeare to be honest Picture Quote #1

You don’t think of Shakespeare being a child, do you? Shakespeare being seven? He was seven at some point. He was in somebody’s English class, wasn’t he? How annoying would that be? Picture Quote #1

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There are a lot of roles in Shakespeare, basically. If I feel that the script is a movie, I would be interested in doing any role of Shakespeare’s Picture Quote #1

I felt a little green, because Shakespeare writes the thought process within the text; it was tricky not to think of what to say and then say it, and instead just deliver the lines Picture Quote #1

How well Shakespeare knew how to improve and exalt little circumstances, when he borrowed them from circumstantial or vulgar historians Picture Quote #1

I’ve never really had a desire to do Shakespeare. For me, it’s just too many lines Picture Quote #1

From kings to groundlings, Shakespeare made his work profound for everybody. That is how it should be. There is no hierarchy in theatre. It makes everyone part of a collective Picture Quote #1

I am spellbound by the plays of Shakespeare. And I am spellbound by the second law of thermodynamics. The great ideas in science, like the Cro-Magnon paintings and the plays of Shakespeare, are part of our cultural heritage Picture Quote #1

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Star Wars is mythology. Its like Greek mythology or Shakespeare. Its the story of good versus evil over a very long span of time. The storytelling is universal and timeless Picture Quote #1

I think that Shakespeare had his male side and his female side extremely well developed. And this was a great quality of the Elizabethan, all-around Renaissance man. They were not afraid of their male side and their female side co-existing. This somewhere along the line got lost. And then it got misunderstood Picture Quote #1

It is open to question whether the highly individualized characters we find in Shakespeare are perhaps not detrimental to the dramatic effect. The human being disappears to the same degree as the individual emerges Picture Quote #1

Shakespeare - it’s not funny. No matter how they try to make Shakespeare funny, when it’s meant to be funny it’s not funny Picture Quote #1

Having grown up in the theater family, having done a huge amount of acting from a very little boy to precocious teenager in Shakespeare festivals that my father produced, I went off to college and fell in with the theater gang. I was already an experienced actor. I became a kind of campus star. I heard all this applause and laughter Picture Quote #1

One of the things that gives me a lot of pleasure about both the solo show and the book is that it tells people about my dad. He really was an important man. He was a kind of pioneer of regional theater. He was the first American producer to ever produce all of Shakespeare plays Picture Quote #1

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If you’re going to do Shakespeare, do Shakespeare. There’s a reason why he’s been performed for hundreds of years. His words affect people on a very deep level. He’s the true humanist. That all comes through his text, his words Picture Quote #1

The difficulty with poetry is that it doesn’t have the life that Shakespeare or Jane Austen have beyond the page. You can’t make a costume drama out of it. There’s no place for it to go except trapped inside its little book Picture Quote #1

Whoever wrote Shakespeare is a working class hero be he an aristocrat or a peasant. Shakespeare is a great leveler. We’re presented with kings, queens, emperors and giants who feel the same things as everyone else: jealousy, love, anger, bitterness, grief, loss Picture Quote #1

I did study Shakespeare, that was sort of my thing; I got a Literature A-level, which is my only claim to academic fame Picture Quote #1

African-Americans are always forced to learn the other culture, but the other culture is not forced to learn ours. I went to acting school at Juilliard, and we learned Shakespeare and Shaw, but we never did the work of a single African-American playwright, not August Wilson or Ntozake Shange or Imir Baraka Picture Quote #1

Sir Derek Jacobi has been an inspiration to so many actors and audiences throughout his brilliant career. To see him in Shakespeare is an event in itself Picture Quote #1

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Simon Russell Beale is an incomparable speaker of Shakespeare and a superb all-round actor Picture Quote #1

I’m an actor. I started as an actor. I started on Broadway doing ‘Hair’ and Shakespeare in the Park Picture Quote #1

It’s often assumed that British actors read Shakespeare and sonnets as we’re going to bed at night and we’re all very familiar with it Picture Quote #1

Shakespeare teaches you how to act. You come out of this process as a better actor. It’s just the nature of the words he writes Picture Quote #1

Kings had their clowns, the people their actors and musicians. Shakespeare was scheduled as a servant. It is thus that successful stupidity has always treated genius 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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The world was to Shakespeare a great stage of fools on which he was utterly bewildered. His pregnant observations of life are not coordinated into any philosophy (Shakespeare Quotes) If you decide to do Hamlet in a funny hat staged in a ruined factory, it doesn’t make you Shakespeare (Shakespeare Quotes) If you’re a Shakespeare fan, isn’t that a way to negotiate sex and death (Shakespeare Quotes) Was Mann himself fully aware of all the facets of his irony? Probably not - any more than Shakespeare was fully aware of all the riches subsequent critics have found in his plays (Shakespeare Quotes) I think this [Gnomeo and Juliet] is the closest I ought to get to Shakespeare to be honest (Shakespeare Quotes) You don’t think of Shakespeare being a child, do you? Shakespeare being seven? He was seven at some point. He was in somebody’s English class, wasn’t he? How annoying would that be? (Shakespeare Quotes) There are a lot of roles in Shakespeare, basically. If I feel that the script is a movie, I would be interested in doing any role of Shakespeare’s (Shakespeare Quotes) I felt a little green, because Shakespeare writes the thought process within the text; it was tricky not to think of what to say and then say it, and instead just deliver the lines (Shakespeare Quotes) How well Shakespeare knew how to improve and exalt little circumstances, when he borrowed them from circumstantial or vulgar historians (Shakespeare Quotes) I’ve never really had a desire to do Shakespeare. For me, it’s just too many lines (Shakespeare Quotes) From kings to groundlings, Shakespeare made his work profound for everybody. That is how it should be. There is no hierarchy in theatre. It makes everyone part of a collective (Shakespeare Quotes) I am spellbound by the plays of Shakespeare. And I am spellbound by the second law of thermodynamics. The great ideas in science, like the Cro-Magnon paintings and the plays of Shakespeare, are part of our cultural heritage (Shakespeare Quotes) Star Wars is mythology. Its like Greek mythology or Shakespeare. Its the story of good versus evil over a very long span of time. The storytelling is universal and timeless (Shakespeare Quotes) I think that Shakespeare had his male side and his female side extremely well developed. And this was a great quality of the Elizabethan, all-around Renaissance man. They were not afraid of their male side and their female side co-existing. This somewhere along the line got lost. And then it got misunderstood (Shakespeare Quotes) It is open to question whether the highly individualized characters we find in Shakespeare are perhaps not detrimental to the dramatic effect. The human being disappears to the same degree as the individual emerges (Shakespeare Quotes) Shakespeare - it’s not funny. No matter how they try to make Shakespeare funny, when it’s meant to be funny it’s not funny (Shakespeare Quotes) Having grown up in the theater family, having done a huge amount of acting from a very little boy to precocious teenager in Shakespeare festivals that my father produced, I went off to college and fell in with the theater gang. I was already an experienced actor. I became a kind of campus star. I heard all this applause and laughter (Shakespeare Quotes) One of the things that gives me a lot of pleasure about both the solo show and the book is that it tells people about my dad. He really was an important man. He was a kind of pioneer of regional theater. He was the first American producer to ever produce all of Shakespeare plays (Shakespeare Quotes) If you’re going to do Shakespeare, do Shakespeare. There’s a reason why he’s been performed for hundreds of years. His words affect people on a very deep level. He’s the true humanist. That all comes through his text, his words (Shakespeare Quotes) The difficulty with poetry is that it doesn’t have the life that Shakespeare or Jane Austen have beyond the page. You can’t make a costume drama out of it. There’s no place for it to go except trapped inside its little book (Shakespeare Quotes) Whoever wrote Shakespeare is a working class hero be he an aristocrat or a peasant. Shakespeare is a great leveler. We’re presented with kings, queens, emperors and giants who feel the same things as everyone else: jealousy, love, anger, bitterness, grief, loss (Shakespeare Quotes) I did study Shakespeare, that was sort of my thing; I got a Literature A-level, which is my only claim to academic fame (Shakespeare Quotes) African-Americans are always forced to learn the other culture, but the other culture is not forced to learn ours. I went to acting school at Juilliard, and we learned Shakespeare and Shaw, but we never did the work of a single African-American playwright, not August Wilson or Ntozake Shange or Imir Baraka (Shakespeare Quotes) Sir Derek Jacobi has been an inspiration to so many actors and audiences throughout his brilliant career. To see him in Shakespeare is an event in itself. (Shakespeare Quotes) Simon Russell Beale is an incomparable speaker of Shakespeare and a superb all-round actor (Shakespeare Quotes) I’m an actor. I started as an actor. I started on Broadway doing ‘Hair’ and Shakespeare in the Park. (Shakespeare Quotes) It’s often assumed that British actors read Shakespeare and sonnets as we’re going to bed at night and we’re all very familiar with it. (Shakespeare Quotes) Shakespeare teaches you how to act. You come out of this process as a better actor. It’s just the nature of the words he writes. (Shakespeare Quotes) Kings had their clowns, the people their actors and musicians. Shakespeare was scheduled as a servant. It is thus that successful stupidity has always treated genius. (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)

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