I was doing Hamlet in the off-season, and I had a specific idea in my mind about what I wanted that character… — Michael Shanks Copy Share Image
Lord Polonius: What do you read, my lord? Hamlet: Words, words, words. Lord Polonius: What is the matter, my lord? Hamlet: Between… — SangFroid Stalker Copy Share Image
I could make thousands of dollars in Broadway musicals, but among the best experiences I had was doing 'Hamlet' in Milwaukee and… — John Cullum Copy Share Image
The trap in Hamlet is he's the most passive of Shakespeare's characters. He's not a Richard III, not out there taking a… — Kurt Sutter Copy Share Image
We become lovers when we see Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet makes us students. The blood of Duncan is upon our hands,… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Would you go to see a brilliant actor who's been framed for something that he didn't do, and put him on a… — Jerry Stiller Copy Share Image
“Lady, shall I lie in your lap? Ophelia: No, my lord. Hamlet: DId you think I meant country matters? Ophelia: I think… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
That's why so many people want to play Hamlet: because it's a completely demarked role, and the actor playing it has to… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
Put yourself in Hamlet's shoes. Suppose you were a prince, and you came back from college to discover that your uncle had… — Art Buchwald Copy Share Image
I'm often given parts that aren't as big as they are colorful, but people remember them. When it's a minor or supporting… — Denholm Elliott Copy Share Image
Yes, it's annoying that Hamlet doesn't kill his stepfather ten minutes into the play, but if he did kill his stepfather ten… — Dallas Roberts Copy Share Image
Where is Polonius? HAMLET In heaven. Send hither to see. If your messenger find him not there, seek him i' th' other… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I look at it like this: that if Shakespeare were alive today, he would have written two or three plays about the… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
Shakespeare might have met Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in the white streets of London, or seen the serving-men of rival houses bite their… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The thing that I had saved up for myself and wanted most to bring off was a fully fledged professional production of… — Trevor Nunn Copy Share Image
I saw Derek Jacobi play Hamlet when I was 17, and he directed me as Hamlet when I was 27, and I… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
'Macbeth' sags in act four - the England scene with Malcolm and Macduff just doesn't work theatrically. But with 'Hamlet,' although the… — Jonathan Pryce Copy Share Image
I not only loved studying theater, I loved being a theater major. It gave me an excuse to brood, to grow a… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
I became an actress because I discovered the world of the imagination when I was about 14 or so and the concept… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
At the close of the day when the hamlet is still, and mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove, when naught but the… — James Beattie Copy Share Image
“Even the works of Shakespeare might be more thoroughly appreciated if they were re-examined from unorthodox positions. Someone, once in a while,… — Sōseki Natsume Copy Share Image
I think it's always funny when you see kids do Shakespeare. When I was at school, I was in Hamlet. I played… — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
Perhaps because my background is theatrical, I have a great affinity with the classics. Hamlet has always been a character of great… — Adhir Kalyan Copy Share Image
I learned a lot about Ottoman court, and it was very Shakespearian in essence. Stories like the one in 'Hamlet' did happen… — Haris Pasovic Copy Share Image
My background is in largely in theatre and acting. I grew up in a town with a well-respected Shakespeare Festival, and I… — Matt Ross Copy Share Image
“Shakespeare may have said it in Hamlet that "clothes maketh a man." And this may not be entirely wrong, as a man’s… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
I have an aunt who believed strongly that teaching kids that Shakespeare is 'hard' is wrong, so she handed me 'Hamlet' when… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“Hamlet is the tragedy of a man who does not know how to commit a murder. Macbeth is the tragedy of a… — Thomas E Ricks Copy Share Image
'Hamlet' was the first movie I saw. In 1948, my mother said, 'I'm going to take you to see 'Hamlet' with Laurence… — Christopher Lloyd Copy Share Image
Shakespeare was the main thing I did in my life from the age of 16 when I first played 'Hamlet' at school.… — Mark Rylance Copy Share Image
“Jer, vidite, u teatru gledaoca osvaja magija igre, magična moć takozvane umjetnosti. On hoće da bude žalostan, da plače, da pati, a… — Ranko Marinković Copy Share Image
“In fact a favourite problem of [John Tyndall] is—Given the molecular forces in a mutton chop, deduce Hamlet or Faust therefrom. He… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Heaven blazing into the head: Tragedy wrought to its uttermost. Though Hamlet rambles and Lear rages And all the drop-scenes drop at… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
Men choose Hamlet because every man sees himself as a disinherited monarch. Women choose Alice [in Wonderland] because every woman sees herself… — Adam Gopnik Copy Share Image
My favorite play is Hamlet. It was my first love when it comes to Shakespeare, and I've read it and seen it… — Ian Doescher Copy Share Image
“How can I come this far and not tell him-he, who would understand it best-that by giving me that flyer, by inviting… — Gayle Forman Copy Share Image
Lord Polonius: What do you read, my lord? Hamlet: Words, words, words. Lord Polonius: What is the matter, my lord? Hamlet: Between… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“I prithee take thy fingers from my throat, For, though I am not splenitive and rash, Yet have I in me something… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
If I had any doubts at all about the justice of my dislike for Shakespeare, that doubt vanished completely. What a crude,… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
For Russians, to whom Pushkin's poem 'Eugene Onegin' is sacred text, the ballet's story and personae are as familiar and filled with… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
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