I've done a lot of Shakespeare as a young man; I was…

I had been in a Shakespeare company for three years and done a lot of Shakespeare. That was fun. That was interesting.

— William Shatner

Anything one can do to provoke and inspire an interest in the works of Shakespeare in a young audience is fair game. Anything.

— Tim Crouch

Gender mattered a whole lot less to Shakespeare than it seems to matter to us.

— John Irving

I started out doing a lot of theater, a lot of Shakespeare, classic plays.

— Andre Holland

“That happens a lot with Shakespeare. The women go after what they want; the men wind up suckered into things.”

— Gayle Forman

I don't think I have had a big break, although joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1986 opened up new horizons.

— Richard McCabe

Obviously we had to study Shakespeare at school, but to be honest, I was not a fan. I found the language very difficult, and…

— Samuel Barnett

I don't know how this company got the name National Shakespeare Company, because it was literally like retards employing retards.

— Rob Corddry

I did a lot of Shakespeare touring when I was in college in Montana.

— Bill Pullman

I've done a lot of Shakespeare onstage, and I'm not convinced that the Earl of Oxford was the author of all those works, but…

— Rhys Ifans

I've done a lot of Shakespeare over the years. You start to realise how the plays fit together; he's always using pieces from one…

— Harriet Walter

I'd love to do Shakespeare. I've been asked to do Malvolio but for one reason or another haven't been able. On a school trip…

— Les Dennis

My middle daughter is with the Royal Shakespeare Company and was on Broadway several years ago.

— Sam Wanamaker

We hope the Bell Shakespeare Company will become an indigenous part of the Globe Shakespeare Centre in Australia.

— Sam Wanamaker

I did a season at the Royal Shakespeare Company. People say, 'Why aren't you doing theater anymore?' And I say, 'Look, my kids have…

— Liam Cunningham