Screen Test Quotes by Samuel Barnett

It's like saying French shouldn't be taught because you don't understand it because it's new. Shakespeare is just like learning a new, exciting language.

— Samuel Barnett

I've definitely learned that if you want to have power as a woman in Shakespeare's time, and it's still relevant today, that you have…

— Samuel Barnett

[Elijah Wood] has got such a broad outlook. It's so much bigger than just the acting industry.

— Samuel Barnett

I have been out of drama school for 13 years, so there are 13 years' worth of graduates behind me.

— Samuel Barnett

I feel like I've gotten more than a lot of people will ever get. I feel very fortunate.

— Samuel Barnett

I'm a Brit and I just put myself on tape, back in London, for a very distant American project that I thought I didn't…

— Samuel Barnett

[Elijah Wood] is a really fully-rounded, amazing human being, and I feel incredibly lucky, especially given how closely we have to work together.

— Samuel Barnett

With Millais's paintings, it's microscopic; when he does hair, it's extraordinary: you can see every strand.

— Samuel Barnett

The great irony to Dirk [Gently] is that he sees connections in everything, but the one thing he fails and struggles with most is…

— Samuel Barnett

[Dirk Gently] just doesn't understand social cues.

— Samuel Barnett

Obviously we had to study Shakespeare at school, but to be honest, I was not a fan. I found the language very difficult, and…

— Samuel Barnett

One of the joys of this show [Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency] is that each of those characters could be starring in their own…

— Samuel Barnett

I think Dirk [Gently] thinks that he's a brilliant detective, but he's the worst detective, ever. He does have this particular skill, which I…

— Samuel Barnett

The Pre-Raphaelites, while very bothered by what the establishment thought of them, also utterly rebelled against it. In everything - social, sexual, emotional -…

— Samuel Barnett

To me, Elijah Wood is one of the best actors of my generation. He's so incredibly present and in the moment, when you're working…

— Samuel Barnett