--- title: "34 Doing Shakespeare Quotes by 31 authors" description: "Browse 34 Doing Shakespeare quotes by 31 authors. Discover the best Doing Shakespeare sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82a/joss-whedon-480_been_i-ve-been-doing-shakespeare-readings-wit_2047466.png" --- > [I've been doing Shakespeare readings with my friends for years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-ve-been-doing-shakespeare-readings-with-my-friends-for-years/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82a/joss-whedon-480_been_i-ve-been-doing-shakespeare-readings-wit_2047466.png) > [You rarely pay the rent by doing Shakespeare or Ibsen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mandy-patinkin/you-rarely-pay-the-rent-by-doing-shakespeare-or-ibsen/) [Mandy Patinkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mandy-patinkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/407/mandy-patinkin-3117_pay_you-rarely-pay-the-rent-by-doing-shakesp_1121800.jpg) > [Doing Shakespeare certainly makes you a better actor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-avery/doing-shakespeare-certainly-makes-you-a-better-actor/) [James Avery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-avery/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e7/james-avery-28387_actor_doing-shakespeare-certainly-makes-you-a_399186.jpg) > [Unless you're doing Shakespeare or Chekhov... the written word is not sacrosanct.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/unless-you-re-doing-shakespeare-or-chekhov-the-written-word-is-not/) [Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/145/alan-arkin-5379_chekhov_unless-you-re-doing-shakespeare-or-chekh_2483723.png) > [Whether you're doing Shakespeare or Disney, good work is good work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-tucker/whether-you-re-doing-shakespeare-or-disney-good-work-is-good-work/) [Jonathan Tucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-tucker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c55/jonathan-tucker-20706_disney_whether-you-re-doing-shakespeare-or-disn_181728.jpg) > [If we had been doing Shakespeare in doublet and hose for the past 500 years, it might have disappeared.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-watkins/if-we-had-been-doing-shakespeare-in-doublet-and-hose-for-the-past-500/) [Jason Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-watkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5a/jason-watkins-13639_been_if-we-had-been-doing-shakespeare-in-doub_1898861.jpg) > [I didn't come from a traditional background of studying theater and doing Shakespeare.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-boreanaz/i-didn-t-come-from-a-traditional-background-of-studying-theater-and/) [David Boreanaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-boreanaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/532/david-boreanaz-15161_background_i-didn-t-come-from-a-traditional-backgro_1021413.jpg) > [I don't fool myself. I can't see myself doing Shakespeare.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-tate/i-don-t-fool-myself-i-can-t-see-myself-doing-shakespeare/) [Sharon Tate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-tate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70a/sharon-tate-25605_fool_i-don-t-fool-myself-i-can-t-see-myself-d_1251865.png) > [I've been doing some Shakespeare acting classes - and I really enjoyed it. I never thought that would be something I would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-clifton/i-ve-been-doing-some-shakespeare-acting-classes-and-i-really-enjoyed/) [Kevin Clifton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-clifton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2d/kevin-clifton-32641_acting_i-ve-been-doing-some-shakespeare-acting_728715.jpg) > [I love the theater and I particularly love the classical theater and I love doing Shakespeare. It pays the soul, but it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stacy-keach/i-love-the-theater-and-i-particularly-love-the-classical-theater-and/) [Stacy Keach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stacy-keach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/stacy-keach-26888_pay_i-love-the-theater-and-i-particularly-lo_2477472.png) > [Because when you're in drama school, you're playing multiple characters at once. You know, in the morning you're doing a Chekhov play,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-majors/because-when-you-re-in-drama-school-you-re-playing-multiple/) [Jonathan Majors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-majors/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfa/jonathan-majors-11497_doing_because-when-you-re-in-drama-school-you_866980.jpg) > [I've never done anything for money. My first love is things of limited commercial appeal. I could be happy doing Shakespeare for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-allen/i-ve-never-done-anything-for-money-my-first-love-is-things-of-limited/) [Karen Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-allen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b46/karen-allen-13954_done_i-ve-never-done-anything-for-money-my-fi_1068098.jpg) > [I loved doing Shakespeare. My two favorite roles, in fact, have been Viola in Twelfth Night and Helena in A Midsummer Night's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blythe-danner/i-loved-doing-shakespeare-my-two-favorite-roles-in-fact-have-been/) [Blythe Danner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blythe-danner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23a/blythe-danner-13930_dream_i-loved-doing-shakespeare-my-two-favorit_1004818.jpg) > [Although I have been doing plays since I was 8 years old, it was only when I started doing Shakespeare at age…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-preston/although-i-have-been-doing-plays-since-i-was-8-years-old-it-was-only/) [Carrie Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-preston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f9/carrie-preston-12501_actor_although-i-have-been-doing-plays-since-i_1228711.png) > [Doing Shakespeare in the Park has always been a dream. Everyone else says Hamlet, but I want to play Romeo.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-yoo/doing-shakespeare-in-the-park-has-always-been-a-dream-everyone-else/) [Aaron Yoo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-yoo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/523/aaron-yoo-48259_dream_doing-shakespeare-in-the-park-has-always_1725221.png) > [I did Shakespeare in college and the nerves I got doing Shakespeare are the same nerves I get doing 'Mad Men.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristoffer-polaha/i-did-shakespeare-in-college-and-the-nerves-i-got-doing-shakespeare/) [Kristoffer Polaha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristoffer-polaha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cde/kristoffer-polaha-41929_college_i-did-shakespeare-in-college-and-the-ner_621672.jpg) > [I don't make any distinction between a popular TV series or blockbuster film and doing Shakespeare. They're different, but as long as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mckellen/i-don-t-make-any-distinction-between-a-popular-tv-series-or/) [Ian Mckellen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mckellen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/246/ian-mckellen-1396_any_i-don-t-make-any-distinction-between-a-p_413800.jpg) > [I am a man who used to wear the tights. We traveled the country doing two Shakespeare plays for bored college students…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-corddry/i-am-a-man-who-used-to-wear-the-tights-we-traveled-the-country-doing/) [Rob Corddry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-corddry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a2/rob-corddry-11844_auditions_i-am-a-man-who-used-to-wear-the-tights-w_1950847.jpg) > [I went to drama school for four years at Carnegie Mellon, conservatory training before television comedy. I was doing Shakespeare and Chekov…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-gad/i-went-to-drama-school-for-four-years-at-carnegie-mellon-conservatory/) [Josh Gad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-gad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d43/josh-gad-15191_about_i-went-to-drama-school-for-four-years-at_2252824.jpg) > [Shakespeare is one of the reasons I've stayed an actor. Sometimes I spend full days doing Shakespeare by myself, just for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-pacino/shakespeare-is-one-of-the-reasons-i-ve-stayed-an-actor-sometimes-i/) [Al Pacino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-pacino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59d/al-pacino-1656_actors_shakespeare-is-one-of-the-reasons-i-ve-s_2583198.jpg) > [If you grow up in Britain, you just do Shakespeare. If you go and work in a theater once or twice or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-dalton/if-you-grow-up-in-britain-you-just-do-shakespeare-if-you-go-and-work/) [Timothy Dalton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-dalton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/621/timothy-dalton-29416_brilliant_if-you-grow-up-in-britain-you-just-do-sh_207954.png) > [There's something about doing Shakespeare with a single gender, whether it is all-male or all-female, that opens up certain possibilities. You are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllida-lloyd/there-s-something-about-doing-shakespeare-with-a-single-gender/) [Phyllida Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllida-lloyd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dc/phyllida-lloyd-15047_behavior_there-s-something-about-doing-shakespear_2563705.jpg) > [I've always longed for the theatre and acting to be popular. No actor wants to play to an empty house. We only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mckellen/i-ve-always-longed-for-the-theatre-and-acting-to-be-popular-no-actor/) [Ian Mckellen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mckellen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/452/ian-mckellen-1396_acting_i-ve-always-longed-for-the-theatre-and-a_19535.jpg) > [I'll never forget John Heard doing Shakespeare In The Park with Raul Julia and Richard Dreyfuss. It was 30 years ago, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-matheson/i-ll-never-forget-john-heard-doing-shakespeare-in-the-park-with-raul/) [Tim Matheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-matheson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/303/tim-matheson-8397_acting_i-ll-never-forget-john-heard-doing-shake_1273813.jpg) > [When I was doing Shakespeare and I had spent a lot of time and effort in trying to become a great Shakespearean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-mirren/when-i-was-doing-shakespeare-and-i-had-spent-a-lot-of-time-and-effort/) [Helen Mirren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-mirren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/152/helen-mirren-1937_ambition_when-i-was-doing-shakespeare-and-i-had-s_104520.jpg) > [As a deaf actor, doing Shakespeare feels quite scary. But I feel like I get braver all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-ayling-ellis/as-a-deaf-actor-doing-shakespeare-feels-quite-scary-but-i-feel-like-i/) [Rose Ayling-Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-ayling-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b8/rose-ayling-ellis-9860_actor_as-a-deaf-actor-doing-shakespeare-feels_1182497.jpg) > [I did Shakespeare in college, and the nerves I got doing Shakespeare are the same nerves I get doing 'Mad Men.' I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristoffer-polaha/i-did-shakespeare-in-college-and-the-nerves-i-got-doing-shakespeare-2/) [Kristoffer Polaha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristoffer-polaha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac6/kristoffer-polaha-41929_college_i-did-shakespeare-in-college-and-the-ner_2201780.jpg) > [It was a wonderful experience to live the life for a year; to spend all day doing Shakespeare and then do a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-daniels/it-was-a-wonderful-experience-to-live-the-life-for-a-year-to-spend/) [Phil Daniels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-daniels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/479/phil-daniels-25026_all-day_it-was-a-wonderful-experience-to-live-th_921350.jpg) > [If an L.A. actor is a star or a good face, and they want to get cred by doing a serious Shakespeare…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dakin-matthews/if-an-l-a-actor-is-a-star-or-a-good-face-and-they-want-to-get-cred-by/) [Dakin Matthews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dakin-matthews/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28d/dakin-matthews-29272_face_if-an-l-a-actor-is-a-star-or-a-good-face_2055519.jpg) > [Most of my career has been spent with the RSC doing Shakespeare, and the thing you learn from Shakespeare is that his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-sher/most-of-my-career-has-been-spent-with-the-rsc-doing-shakespeare-and/) [Antony Sher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-sher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/126/antony-sher-15961_bears_most-of-my-career-has-been-spent-with-th_681899.jpg) > [I didn't expect to pursue acting at all, let alone TV and film, let alone New York or L.A. I was quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-coon/i-didn-t-expect-to-pursue-acting-at-all-let-alone-tv-and-film-let/) [Carrie Coon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-coon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea8/carrie-coon-13577_acting_i-didn-t-expect-to-pursue-acting-at-all_1852995.jpg) > [I really thought that I'd be doing Shakespeare, honest to God. I did not foresee the whole action television thing. That was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-offerman/i-really-thought-that-i-d-be-doing-shakespeare-honest-to-god-i-did/) [Nick Offerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-offerman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c5/nick-offerman-2326_action_i-really-thought-that-i-d-be-doing-shake_1697783.jpg) > [I know it affected me when I saw certain actors growing up. I had a drama teacher that would take us to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-smits/i-know-it-affected-me-when-i-saw-certain-actors-growing-up-i-had-a/) [Jimmy Smits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-smits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c16/jimmy-smits-3297_actors_i-know-it-affected-me-when-i-saw-certain_2573185.jpg) > [Doing Shakespeare once is not fair to the play. I have been in Shakespeare plays when it's not until the last two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-pacino/doing-shakespeare-once-is-not-fair-to-the-play-i-have-been-in/) [Al Pacino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-pacino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b9/al-pacino-1656_actor_doing-shakespeare-once-is-not-fair-to-th_520547.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doing-shakespeare/#itemlist", "name": "Doing Shakespeare Quotes", "numberOfItems": 34, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've been doing Shakespeare readings with my friends for years.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joss Whedon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-ve-been-doing-shakespeare-readings-with-my-friends-for-years/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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