King Lear by William Shakespeare frightens me. I've never done King Lear, I guess partially because my father dwindled into dementia in… — Gregory Doran Copy Share Image
“O, that way madness lies; let me shun that; No more of that. -King Lear Act 3, scene 4, 17–22” — Shakespeare, William Copy Share Image
Playing Tuvok is a little like playing King Lear using only your eyebrows. — Tim Russ Copy Share Image
Counterfeit Kings is the King Lear of space operas. Science fiction has a fresh, new, no-nonsense voice and his name is Adam… — Steven-Elliot Altman Copy Share Image
O, let me kiss that hand! KING LEAR: Let me wipe it first; it smells of mortality. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
When I was in college, I was an English major, but I was part of this great group at Stanford called the… — Sigourney Weaver Copy Share Image
I don't think of 'Macbeth' as the villain. I don't think of 'King Lear' as the villain. I don't think of 'Hamlet'… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
Novels are routinely denigrated when characters are not found to be likable. Is Raskolnikov likable? Is King Lear? The plethora of such… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
The actor is too prone to exaggerate his powers; he wants to play Hamlet when his appearance is more suitable to King… — Sarah Bernhardt Copy Share Image
I want to play King Lear, Macbeth, Benedict, Coriolanus. I wouldn't mind doing Hamlet again. Well, I'm a little old. Perhaps I… — Roger Rees 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
Theater roles are written by the great masters. The greatest literature that you can possibly know are the theater roles like King… — Christopher Plummer Copy Share Image
I want to keel over on stage playing King Lear at age 99 or something like that. — Rainn Wilson Copy Share Image
I think that's an important part of art in general. Especially in literature, in stories, we play with eventualities that may put… — Brian Boyd Copy Share Image
If I had written King Lear, I would regret it all my life afterwards. Because that work is so big, that its… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
“In an age like our own, when the artist is an altogether exceptional person, he must be allowed a certain amount of… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Bush has not read enough books to have a developed moral sense. The fewer books you read, the easier it is to… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
It took a while to decide I wanted to do Hamlet. It wasn't that I was daunted - I'd been acting professionally… — Jonathan Pryce Copy Share Image
There's a particularly British way of going about things that I rather like, which is very different to the American way. It… — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
Any older actor knows the last great mountain to climb is to play King Lear and now, if I ever play Lear,… — John Kani Copy Share Image
“Up until relatively recently, creating original characters from scratch wasn't a major part of an author's job description. When Virgil wrote The… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
I never understand when people say, 'Do you do comedy or tragedy?' I don't think they're very much different. They both have… — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
“Surely his love proves he is the person to comfort you. Therefore, let him into your heart, Christian, so he may comfort… — Charles Haddon Spurgeon Copy Share Image
What I do is interpret, not create. I may add elements and do something different. That is what is so incredible about… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
