“When we are born, we cry that we are to come to this great stage of fools,’” I quoted from Shakespeare’s King… — Brittainy C. Cherry Copy Share Image
The Oresteia, King Lear, Dostoevsky's The Devils no less than the art of Giotto or the Passions of Bach, inquire into, dramatize,… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
“A man may see how this world goes with no eyes. Look with thine ears. See how yon justice rails upon yon… — Robert B. Parker 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
A lively and lasting sense of filial duty is more effectually impressed on the mind of a son or daughter by reading… — Thomas Jefferson 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
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
People talk about the difference between radio acting, TV acting and stage acting, but I think it's all the same. For instance,… — Brian Blessed 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
I did a lot of theatre when I started out. It was the Lyceum, the Citz, the Tron and the Traverse. I… — Ashley Jensen Copy Share Image
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
I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I… — Ted Danson Copy Share Image
“If the distinction is not held too rigidly nor pressed too far, it is interesting to think of Shakespeare's chief works as… — Harold Clarke Goddard 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
“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
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
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
I think William Shakespeare's like a passport through your life: as a kid hearing about a play with fairies or witches or… — Gregory Doran Copy Share Image
When King Lear dies in act five, do you know what Shakespeare has written? He has written, 'He dies.' No more. No… — Suzanne Weyn Copy Share Image
“No matter how many times we read "King Lear," never shall we find the good king banging his tankard in high revelry,… — Vladimir Nabokov 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
'King Lear,' I've been seeing all my life. I mean, the great actors of my lifetime... to join their company, as it… — Ian Mckellen 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
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
I was at the Royal Shakespeare Company, where I thought, in my naivete, I'd stay for the rest of my career. I'd… — Christian McKay Copy Share Image
Shakespeare wrote all there is that we need to know about dementia in 'King Lear. — Simon Callow Copy Share Image
I've made a dog's breakfast of English history, geography, 'King Lear,' and the English language in general. — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
When you're playing King Lear, you have to have a little humour, or you will have no tragedy when the king dies. — Robert Wilson Copy Share Image
I'm mainly an airport author, and if you're trying to take your mind off the journey, you're not going to read 'King… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
One time, I had to do Edgar in 'King Lear' and Owl in 'Winnie the Pooh' on the same day. — Jonathan Pryce Copy Share Image
My favorite-ever version of 'King Lear' is the 1971 film by Peter Brooks. He has this enormous fur thing, and it adds… — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
As I get older and I get a few more years experience I become more like Dad, you know, King Lear. — David Crystal Copy Share Image
'The Iron Lady' is not a biopic. Phyllida Lloyd and Meryl Streep coined it 'King Lear for girls.' — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
“But that is how a tragedy like ours or King Lear breaks your heart—by making you believe that the ending might still… — M.L. Rio Copy Share Image
King Lear is undoubtedly the greatest play ever written by Shakespeare — or anybody else for that matter. Hamlet is certainly great,… — Paul Scofield Copy Share Image
Directing Skyfall was one of the best experiences of my professional life, but I have theatre and other commitments, including productions of… — Sam Mendes Copy Share Image
There isn't a King Lear for women, or a Henry V, or a Richard III. You reach a level where you can… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
I think you have to find the humanity in the character and then the deterioration is a part of the process -… — David Wenham Copy Share Image
To watch King Lear is to approach the recognition that there is indeed no meaning in life, and that there are limits… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
