I think the idea that life ends when we physically die is as painful as the idea in Cromwell's time that there's… — Mark Rylance 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
I don't think humanity is the highest form of life that will ever exist in the universe. Maybe that's a bit cynical.… — Mark Rylance Copy Share Image
Nature is very cruel. It is much riskier to love any living being than not. I'm painfully aware that even my little… — Mark Rylance Copy Share Image
So often, in my life, when you play a joke on another actor, you say, 'Hello? Steven Spielberg? It's for you.' What's… — Mark Rylance Copy Share Image
You're stealing people's secrets. You convince them to give up their life and imagine the life you've created is real or more… — Mark Rylance Copy Share Image
It's amazing how much the sense of telling a story with a beginning, middle, and end helps me to relax. I find… — Mark Rylance Copy Share Image
But to me I find Francis Bacon the most likely candidate to be the author. — Mark Rylance Copy Share Image
I've always looked at famous actors and hope that once they get a part that they have success in, they would reprise it every… — Mark Rylance Copy Share Image
I certainly never pictured myself even attending the Academy Awards, much less winning at 56. I very, very happily settled into a theater career.… — Mark Rylance Copy Share Image
In a way, I think science is the modern religion, and at times, I despise it as much as I despise other religions because… — Mark Rylance Copy Share Image
So there's a lot of people tied into believing that the traditional response to the authorship question. In terms of actors, some people get… — Mark Rylance Copy Share Image
My understanding is that we are generally a very philanthropic and compassionate people - that when there are disasters in the world, individual citizens… — Mark Rylance Copy Share Image
There were terrific shows on TV like 'Star Trek' and 'Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea' and 'Wild Wild West.' All us kids… — Mark Rylance Copy Share Image
I love film. I love going to see films; I always have. I've done quite a few. — Mark Rylance Copy Share Image
It's an important thing for children to be able to make up their own words. — Mark Rylance Copy Share Image
Great actors try to dismiss all ideas from their conscious mind in order to provide an experience that is real. — Mark Rylance Copy Share Image
