Kenneth Branagh

If it's good art, it's good.

— Kenneth Branagh

I'm just a foul-mouthed Brit.

— Kenneth Branagh

I loved 'Kundun.'

— Kenneth Branagh

My definition of success is control.

— Kenneth Branagh

If you've done a brilliant version it becomes something else.

— Kenneth Branagh

I live in the English countryside, so I'm surrounded by magpies.

— Kenneth Branagh

Aging is the diminishing of early fearlessness.

— Kenneth Branagh

Adults are just children who earn money.

— Kenneth Branagh

I'm just a normal working class boy from Belfast.

— Kenneth Branagh

Truth is like most opinions - best unexpressed.

— Kenneth Branagh

The elasticity of Shakespeare is extraordinary.

— Kenneth Branagh

In the course of my lifetime, that world went from violence to a kind of peace.

— Kenneth Branagh

The director needs to be in command on set because everything crumbles if that's not the case.

— Kenneth Branagh

I did 'Celebrity' by Woody Allen. I did 'The Gingerbread Man' with Robert Altman. These were big talents.

— Kenneth Branagh

Certainly, I'm excited by epic subjects. It doesn't particularly frighten me.

— Kenneth Branagh

I don't know that there is too far, actually. I think there's only too bad. If it's bad you've gone too far.

— Kenneth Branagh

After Frankenstein, I feel as if I want to make a film about somebody having a nice cup of tea.

— Kenneth Branagh

Life is about making plans from which you deviate, almost always. If you are lucky, you do come up with a plan.

— Kenneth Branagh

Lighten up, just enjoy life, smile more, laugh more, and don't get so worked up about things.

— Kenneth Branagh

I'll tell you what I'm grateful for, and that's the clarity of understanding that the most important things in life are health,…

— Kenneth Branagh

The idea of accumulating ambitions or achievements didn't get much further than wanting to do the next exciting thing. I really haven't…

— Kenneth Branagh

I've heard from quite a few people, you sense that there is an ownership of the [ Cinderella], it was so personal…

— Kenneth Branagh

One of the things that makes Hamlet unique among Shakespeare's characters is his courage to face up to the darker elements of…

— Kenneth Branagh

It's funny to be in rooms where you were originally referred to as 'The Shakespeare Guy' and to suddenly be in the…

— Kenneth Branagh

There is some mysterious thing that goes on whereby, in the process of playing Shakespeare continuously, actors are surprised by the way…

— Kenneth Branagh

It doesn't mean old or younger. I've learned a lot from people much younger than me as well as people much older…

— Kenneth Branagh

I think that Shakespeare himself raided fairy tales and chronicle writers, and he always looked to people who worked in the mythic…

— Kenneth Branagh

I feel more Irish than English. I feel freer than British, more visceral, with a love of language. Shot through with fire…

— Kenneth Branagh

I think that music is crucially important in Shakespeare - and, clearly, was an important part of the Elizabethan theatre. And, it's…

— Kenneth Branagh

I think the truth is the Marvel fiefdom exists very independently inside the Disney world, inside the Disney universe. They're not resistant…

— Kenneth Branagh

Even if people are all from the same place, there can be very, very different approaches. It's one of the things I'm…

— Kenneth Branagh

Helena Bonham-Carter and I sat down to talk about [Cinderella movie] and she said, 'I really want to do it but only…

— Kenneth Branagh

Everything is important, but there is a weight to these big or expected things and then there is the logistics of them…

— Kenneth Branagh

I looked at the 1950 animated film [Cinderella], I read a couple of editions of the fairy tale that I have in…

— Kenneth Branagh

I don't feel one could even remotely touch the idea of intimidating others, but because I've understood the other side of the…

— Kenneth Branagh

I love thrillers, and I always have.

— Kenneth Branagh

The glory of 70mm is the sharpness of the image it offers.

— Kenneth Branagh

I'm basically quite a cheerful person.

— Kenneth Branagh

I don't find myself so exercised by a desperation to be new.

— Kenneth Branagh

A brother who is unhappy is a dangerous relative to have.

— Kenneth Branagh