I like to cast actors I admire, one's that are talented. Each one will bring something new to the part. This play has been done thousands of times and now certain characters are too familiar. — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
Music and language are a vital element. We, as actors and directors, offer it to people who want to experience it. Sometimes the actual… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
I noted about Cate Blanchett was her very positive lack of concern for how she turns out in Cinderella. She is happy to be a villainess and very pleased to be encouraged as I did with her to reveal this backstory and feel as though this was very human, that this broken heart of hers, if you might regard it… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share
I do think that, for instance, we've been very lucky to have theatrical careers and be associated with Shakespeare which sometimes gives you a… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
Frankenstein feels like an ancient tale, the kind of traditional story that appears in many other forms. It appeals to something very primal, but… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
The idea of accumulating ambitions or achievements didn't get much further than wanting to do the next exciting thing. I really haven't set out… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
It's very strange that the people you love are often the people you're most cruel to. — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
It doesn't mean old or younger. I've learned a lot from people much younger than me as well as people much older than me.… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
In the hands of a great poet, words have ways of affecting us in ways we don't understand. — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
I think that Shakespeare himself raided fairy tales and chronicle writers, and he always looked to people who worked in the mythic genres, whether… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
