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Shakespeare Quotes

Plays are frequently infected with ideas that came from actors or even sound engineers. Some Shakespeare scholars wonder whether some of the Bard’s lines came from onstage improvisations by actors Picture Quote #1

Doing Shakespeare once is not fair to the play. I have been in Shakespeare plays when it’s not until the last two or three performances when I even understand certain things. In the old days star actors would travel the world doing the same parts over and over again Picture Quote #1

Once an actor told me he went to the Shakespeare School of Acting, and I said, ‘I went to the Shakespeare of Acting, too’ and he said, ‘Oh really?’ And I said, ‘I went to Shakespeare Elementary School in Chicago.’ He didn’t take the joke well, he didn’t laugh and didn’t think it was funny - I thought it was funny. It’s all the same to me Picture Quote #1

I love directing Shakespeare on film. It’s fantastic that the actors would do exactly the same thing and be true to their part Picture Quote #1

Actors are different. Some actors play themselves very successfully, but I come from the theater. Having done Shakespeare, we sometimes did three or four characters in the same play Picture Quote #1

I quickly learned, however, that a university education is not a prerequisite to reading Shakespeare. After all, his original audience was not college-educated. Neither was he Picture Quote #1

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The public is absolutely fascinated by aging. They don’t want to get old. And you can see - read Shakespeare. Read the sonnets. They’re all about aging Picture Quote #1

It’s amazing how, age after age, in country after country, and in all languages, Shakespeare emerges as incomparable Picture Quote #1

I love writing literary stuff. My favorite writer is definitely Edgar Allan Poe - so imaginative and prolific. My second favorite writer would have to be Shakespeare - I love the emotion and human truths he touches on so beautifully Picture Quote #1

I was alone as a child. I lived in fairytales, adventures, Shakespeare. They are the friends, my books Picture Quote #1

Shakespeare is rich and beautiful, and it can be an amazing experience to read and to watch and to work on Picture Quote #1

I went to NYU Tisch for undergrad, and it was amazing. My life then was extremely experimental with acting. I did crazy theater where we would be rolling around on the floor. I would be playing grandmothers, and clowns, and all this crazy stuff. Then I would be doing Shakespeare eight hours a day Picture Quote #1

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I would really love theater. I would love to do Shakespeare, that would be amazing. You know, it’s whatever really comes my way Picture Quote #1

Tales of power and ambition and intrigue and betrayal and desire - when you’re telling those in a big way, you automatically want to go to Shakespeare Picture Quote #1

Genius is mainly an affair of energy, and poetry is mainly an affair of genius; therefore a nation whose spirit is characterized by energy may well be imminent in poetry - and we have Shakespeare Picture Quote #1

After I’d been in college for a couple years I’d read Shakespeare and Frost and Chaucer and the poets of the Harlem Renaissance. I’d come to appreciate how gorgeous the English language could be. But most fantasy novels didn’t seem to make the effort Picture Quote #1

The media love coarse debate because coarse debate drives ratings and ratings generate profits. Unless the TV producer happens to be William Shakespeare, an argument is more interesting than a soliloquy - and there will never be a shortage of people willing to argue on TV Picture Quote #1

You know, a vampire book is not a book to be the vehicle for big themes and stuff, where sometimes when you’re dealing with art or the life of Christ or the oeuvre of Shakespeare, you know, it’s a little more ambitious Picture Quote #1

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There are plenty of writers, past and present, from Shakespeare to Henry James to Lydia Davis, who test the limits of coherence and put pressure on current notions of accessible (and acceptable) narrative methods. To thrive and change and grow, any art needs this kind of pressure Picture Quote #1

Shakespeare is the outstanding example of how that can be done. In all of Shakespeare’s plays, no matter what tragic events occur, no matter what rises and falls, we return to stability in the end Picture Quote #1

With ‘True Grit,’ the language was very specific, as is Shakespeare. You couldn’t really improvise, nor would you really ever have to. I never felt the need to. It was all so beautifully written, and it was all right there Picture Quote #1

The difference between the Parthenon and the World Trade Center, between a French wine glass and a German beer mug, between Bach and John Philip Sousa, between Sophocles and Shakespeare, between a bicycle and a horse, though explicable by historical moment, necessity, and destiny, is before all a difference of imagination Picture Quote #1

Instead of Otello being an Italian opera written in the style of Shakespeare, Othello is a play written by Shakespeare in the style of Italian opera Picture Quote #1

It may be hyperbolic to declare that Shakespeare teaches us more about being human than all the natural scientists combined Picture Quote #1

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Nobody will go on being remembered for a very long time, unless you’re Shakespeare or Milton. I have no hope of being remembered at all Picture Quote #1

I believe that writers have a responsibility to evolve the language, whether by introducing new words or new usages. Shakespeare alone is responsible for something like 3400 words and phrases Picture Quote #1

Historically, Macbeth is one of the greatest kings Scotland ever had. He was on the throne for 19 years, and he simply has this dreadful reputation because Shakespeare manipulated history for the benefit of James I, who was paying him to write the play to blacken Macbeth’s name Picture Quote #1

I love the romantic comedy genre. It’s a genre rich with many of the best movies ever made and I try to treat it with the respect that Shakespeare treated it with Picture Quote #1

Shakespeare wrote better poetry for not knowing too much; Milton , I think, knew too much finally for the good of his poetry Picture Quote #1

I don’t think I have had a big break, although joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1986 opened up new horizons Picture Quote #1

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Plays are frequently infected with ideas that came from actors or even sound engineers. Some Shakespeare scholars wonder whether some of the Bard’s lines came from onstage improvisations by actors. (Shakespeare Quotes) Doing Shakespeare once is not fair to the play. I have been in Shakespeare plays when it’s not until the last two or three performances when I even understand certain things. In the old days star actors would travel the world doing the same parts over and over again. (Shakespeare Quotes) Once an actor told me he went to the Shakespeare School of Acting, and I said, ‘I went to the Shakespeare of Acting, too’ and he said, ‘Oh really?’ And I said, ‘I went to Shakespeare Elementary School in Chicago.’ He didn’t take the joke well, he didn’t laugh and didn’t think it was funny - I thought it was funny. It’s all the same to me. (Shakespeare Quotes) I love directing Shakespeare on film. It’s fantastic that the actors would do exactly the same thing and be true to their part. (Shakespeare Quotes) Actors are different. Some actors play themselves very successfully, but I come from the theater. Having done Shakespeare, we sometimes did three or four characters in the same play. (Shakespeare Quotes) I quickly learned, however, that a university education is not a prerequisite to reading Shakespeare. After all, his original audience was not college-educated. Neither was he. (Shakespeare Quotes) The public is absolutely fascinated by aging. They don’t want to get old. And you can see - read Shakespeare. Read the sonnets. They’re all about aging. (Shakespeare Quotes) It’s amazing how, age after age, in country after country, and in all languages, Shakespeare emerges as incomparable. (Shakespeare Quotes) I love writing literary stuff. My favorite writer is definitely Edgar Allan Poe - so imaginative and prolific. My second favorite writer would have to be Shakespeare - I love the emotion and human truths he touches on so beautifully. (Shakespeare Quotes) I was alone as a child. I lived in fairytales, adventures, Shakespeare. They are the friends, my books. (Shakespeare Quotes) Shakespeare is rich and beautiful, and it can be an amazing experience to read and to watch and to work on. (Shakespeare Quotes) I went to NYU Tisch for undergrad, and it was amazing. My life then was extremely experimental with acting. I did crazy theater where we would be rolling around on the floor. I would be playing grandmothers, and clowns, and all this crazy stuff. Then I would be doing Shakespeare eight hours a day. (Shakespeare Quotes) I would really love theater. I would love to do Shakespeare, that would be amazing. You know, it’s whatever really comes my way. (Shakespeare Quotes) Tales of power and ambition and intrigue and betrayal and desire - when you’re telling those in a big way, you automatically want to go to Shakespeare. (Shakespeare Quotes) Genius is mainly an affair of energy, and poetry is mainly an affair of genius; therefore a nation whose spirit is characterized by energy may well be imminent in poetry - and we have Shakespeare. (Shakespeare Quotes) After I’d been in college for a couple years I’d read Shakespeare and Frost and Chaucer and the poets of the Harlem Renaissance. I’d come to appreciate how gorgeous the English language could be. But most fantasy novels didn’t seem to make the effort. (Shakespeare Quotes) The media love coarse debate because coarse debate drives ratings and ratings generate profits. Unless the TV producer happens to be William Shakespeare, an argument is more interesting than a soliloquy - and there will never be a shortage of people willing to argue on TV. (Shakespeare Quotes) You know, a vampire book is not a book to be the vehicle for big themes and stuff, where sometimes when you’re dealing with art or the life of Christ or the oeuvre of Shakespeare, you know, it’s a little more ambitious. (Shakespeare Quotes) There are plenty of writers, past and present, from Shakespeare to Henry James to Lydia Davis, who test the limits of coherence and put pressure on current notions of accessible (and acceptable) narrative methods. To thrive and change and grow, any art needs this kind of pressure. (Shakespeare Quotes) Shakespeare is the outstanding example of how that can be done. In all of Shakespeare’s plays, no matter what tragic events occur, no matter what rises and falls, we return to stability in the end. (Shakespeare Quotes) With ‘True Grit,’ the language was very specific, as is Shakespeare. You couldn’t really improvise, nor would you really ever have to. I never felt the need to. It was all so beautifully written, and it was all right there. (Shakespeare Quotes) The difference between the Parthenon and the World Trade Center, between a French wine glass and a German beer mug, between Bach and John Philip Sousa, between Sophocles and Shakespeare, between a bicycle and a horse, though explicable by historical moment, necessity, and destiny, is before all a difference of imagination. (Shakespeare Quotes) Instead of Otello being an Italian opera written in the style of Shakespeare, Othello is a play written by Shakespeare in the style of Italian opera. (Shakespeare Quotes) It may be hyperbolic to declare that Shakespeare teaches us more about being human than all the natural scientists combined. (Shakespeare Quotes) Nobody will go on being remembered for a very long time, unless you’re Shakespeare or Milton. I have no hope of being remembered at all. (Shakespeare Quotes) I believe that writers have a responsibility to evolve the language, whether by introducing new words or new usages. Shakespeare alone is responsible for something like 3400 words and phrases. (Shakespeare Quotes) Historically, Macbeth is one of the greatest kings Scotland ever had. He was on the throne for 19 years, and he simply has this dreadful reputation because Shakespeare manipulated history for the benefit of James I, who was paying him to write the play to blacken Macbeth’s name. (Shakespeare Quotes) I love the romantic comedy genre. It’s a genre rich with many of the best movies ever made and I try to treat it with the respect that Shakespeare treated it with. (Shakespeare Quotes) Shakespeare wrote better poetry for not knowing too much; Milton , I think, knew too much finally for the good of his poetry. (Shakespeare Quotes) I don’t think I have had a big break, although joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1986 opened up new horizons. (Shakespeare Quotes)

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