--- title: "1 Doing Shakespeare Quotes By James Avery" description: "1 Doing Shakespeare quotes by James Avery. Plus more from James Avery and more Doing Shakespeare sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e7/james-avery-28387_actor_doing-shakespeare-certainly-makes-you-a_399186.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) ## More by James Avery > [Growth will continue. To what degree, we don't know until it's here.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-avery/growth-will-continue-to-what-degree-we-don-t-know-until-it-s-here/) [James Avery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-avery/) > [There's a specificity of language that's required in Shakespeare that most drama students in England deal with - a specificity of language that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-avery/there-s-a-specificity-of-language-that-s-required-in-shakespeare-that/) [James Avery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-avery/) > [On one show before a live audience, I had to look out the door and call for Will Smith to come in. The audience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-avery/on-one-show-before-a-live-audience-i-had-to-look-out-the-door-and/) [James Avery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-avery/) > [You make a decision about how you want to live your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-avery/you-make-a-decision-about-how-you-want-to-live-your-life/) [James Avery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-avery/) > [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/) > [Monetary success is not success. Career success is not success. Life, someone that loves you, giving to others, doing something that makes you feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-avery/monetary-success-is-not-success-career-success-is-not-success-life/) [James Avery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-avery/) > [See, the thing that bothers me with young actors, young actors of color specifically, is that they see movies and television, and they figure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-avery/see-the-thing-that-bothers-me-with-young-actors-young-actors-of-color/) [James Avery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-avery/) > [Writing is such a singular and lonely occupation. And it's interesting; all of the work that you create is so singular.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-avery/writing-is-such-a-singular-and-lonely-occupation-and-it-s-interesting/) [James Avery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-avery/) > [I wanted to leave home, and I didn't know where I was going or what I was going to do or what would happen.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-avery/i-wanted-to-leave-home-and-i-didn-t-know-where-i-was-going-or-what-i/) [James Avery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-avery/) > [I have wandered many roads that I have never traveled; touched many things that my eyes have never seen. It is through stories that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-avery/i-have-wandered-many-roads-that-i-have-never-traveled-touched-many/) [James Avery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-avery/) > [You couldn't get mad. You always had to remain calm no matter what, because they wanted you to get mad. And you had to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-avery/you-couldn-t-get-mad-you-always-had-to-remain-calm-no-matter-what/) [James Avery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-avery/) > [The name of the show was 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,' not 'Philip and Viv of Bel-Air.' If you didn't want to walk away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-avery/the-name-of-the-show-was-the-fresh-prince-of-bel-air-not-philip-and/) [James Avery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-avery/) > [What you find in the theatre is that if you're good, no matter what color you are, the audience will buy that - whoever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-avery/what-you-find-in-the-theatre-is-that-if-you-re-good-no-matter-what/) [James Avery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-avery/) > [You can either be a movie star or an actor. I'm an actor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-avery/you-can-either-be-a-movie-star-or-an-actor-i-m-an-actor/) [James Avery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-avery/) > [You are only an actor if you absolutely love it and can not do anything else. Starving for your art is great in your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-avery/you-are-only-an-actor-if-you-absolutely-love-it-and-can-not-do/) [James Avery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-avery/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doing-shakespeare/james-avery/#itemlist", "name": "1 Doing Shakespeare Quotes By James Avery", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Doing Shakespeare certainly makes you a better actor.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Avery" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-avery/doing-shakespeare-certainly-makes-you-a-better-actor/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e7/james-avery-28387_actor_doing-shakespeare-certainly-makes-you-a_399186.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e7/james-avery-28387_actor_doing-shakespeare-certainly-makes-you-a_399186.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e7/james-avery-28387_actor_doing-shakespeare-certainly-makes-you-a_399186.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Doing Shakespeare certainly makes you a better actor.” — James Avery", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doing-shakespeare/james-avery/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doing-shakespeare/james-avery/", "name": "Doing Shakespeare Quotes by James Avery", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doing-shakespeare/james-avery/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e7/james-avery-28387_actor_doing-shakespeare-certainly-makes-you-a_399186.jpg" }, "description": "1 Doing Shakespeare quotes by James Avery. 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