I started being interested in acting when I heard the voices of Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud and Sir Alec Guinness. Ive had the great privilege of working with Sir Derek Jacobi and Sir Anthony Hopkins. These are… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
Music and language are a vital element. We, as actors and directors, offer it to people who want to experience it. Sometimes the actual… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
I noted about Cate Blanchett was her very positive lack of concern for how she turns out in Cinderella. She is happy to be a villainess and very pleased to be encouraged as I did with her to reveal this backstory and feel as though this was very human, that this broken heart of hers, if you might regard it… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share
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… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
Frankenstein feels like an ancient tale, the kind of traditional story that appears in many other forms. It appeals to something very primal, but… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
The idea of accumulating ambitions or achievements didn't get much further than wanting to do the next exciting thing. I really haven't set out… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
It's very strange that the people you love are often the people you're most cruel to. — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
It doesn't mean old or younger. I've learned a lot from people much younger than me as well as people much older than me.… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
In the hands of a great poet, words have ways of affecting us in ways we don't understand. — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
I think that Shakespeare himself raided fairy tales and chronicle writers, and he always looked to people who worked in the mythic genres, whether… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
