“Coleridge’s description of Iago’s actions as "motiveless malignancy" applies in some degree to all the Shakespearian villains. The adjective motiveless means, firstly,… — W.H. Auden Copy Share Image
People think that direct address was invented by Ferris Bueller, but in fact, it wasn't. It was invented by Shakespeare. — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
I did Shakespeare in college and the nerves I got doing Shakespeare are the same nerves I get doing 'Mad Men.' — Kristoffer Polaha Copy Share Image
I've always loved Victorian melodrama. And I've always liked larger-than-life theater, providing it's truthful and honest. I like what the theater can… — Harold Prince Copy Share Image
“Years and years ago, there was a production of The Tempest, out of doors, at an Oxford college on a lawn, which… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
In my last year of drama school, I was Abigail in 'The Crucible' and Nina in 'The Seagull,' and I did some… — Kimberley Nixon Copy Share Image
“There is a stillness between us, a period of restlessness that ties my stomach in a hangman’s noose. It is this same… — Nathan Reese Maher Copy Share Image
It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in… — Felicity Kendal Copy Share Image
“I began to recall my own experience when I was Mercutio’s age (late teens I decided, a year or two older than… — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
“I said ”I love you so much it’s killing me” and you kept saying sorry so I stopped explaining for it never… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
What I treasure most at any moment is intimacy, surprise, a sense of mystery, wit, depth and love. A handful of cherished… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
“We defy augury. There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not to come; if… — Shakespeare, William Copy Share Image
The best decision I made at NYU was joining the Shakespeare ensemble. It literally led to everything I did after that. It… — Jesse L. Martin Copy Share Image
We will meet; and there we may rehearse most obscenely and courageously. Shakespeare, Midsummer Night's Dream. Spoken by Bottom, Act I Sc. 2 — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The public is absolutely fascinated by aging. They don't want to get old. And you can see - read Shakespeare. Read the… — Cynthia Kenyon Copy Share Image
I've been acting since I was six. I actually played a boy when I was six in 'Tommy.' I played Tommy and… — JoJo Copy Share Image
“Shakespeare 'never owned a book,' a writer for the New York Times gravely informed readers in one doubting article in 2002. The… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“Strike as thou didst at Caesar; for I know / When though didst hate him worst, thou loved’st him better / Than… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Some people think that English poetry begins with the Anglo-Saxons. I don't, because I can't accept that there is any continuity between… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
“If you cannot understand my argument, and declare "It's Greek to me", you are quoting Shakespeare; if you claim to be more… — Bernard Levin Copy Share Image
Shakespeare - I was very influenced - still am - by Shakespeare. I couldn't believe that a white man in the 16th… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
In school I really loved Shakespeare, and I participated in a country-wide Shakespeare competition. — Aya Cash Copy Share Image
“Most people say that Shakespeare rocked merely because most people say that Shakespeare rocked.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Shakespeare's language does not require a British accent. It requires a facility with language, and that's all. — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
I wasn't a model schoolboy. Of course, I was forced to sit through Shakespeare and I really got into some of it,… — Rufus Sewell Copy Share Image
