Shakespeare has way too many lines. My ideal theatre piece is about 40 minutes long with no interval. — Daniel Craig Copy Share Image
“I think he'll be to Rome as is the osprey to the fish, who takes it by sovereignty of nature.” — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“I have never thought that the man of Stratford-on-Avon wrote the plays of Shakespeare.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Most people say that Shakespeare rocked merely because most people say that Shakespeare rocked.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I did lots of Shakespeare and classics, and I just kind of became that person. I was a bit of a snob. — Robert Englund Copy Share Image
We had five goats, two dogs, a cat and racks of commentaries on Shakespeare. — Charles Dance Copy Share Image
My father used to act in high school. He was in a production of 'Othello;' I don't know who he played, but… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
I think working on Shakespeare was a big part of my time at drama school. I'm so glad that I got to… — Andre Holland Copy Share Image
“Shakespeare queried 'if music be the food of love, play on'; Well, I say laughter is life's champagne cocktail and humourlessness its… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
I began reading everyhing in the family library. Kidnapped, Treasure Island, Robinson Crusoe. And of course, if you're running out of books… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
I've stopped acting, but I don't think I've finished using my voice. I could, and probably will, record the whole of Shakespeare's… — Peter O'Toole Copy Share Image
Juilliard is wonderful in that they don't pick just one way of working. They give you a palette. There is method acting.… — Christian Camargo Copy Share Image
The conventional wisdom with David Mamet is, you do not change a word. And that agrees with me. If you want to… — John C. McGinley Copy Share Image
Shakespeare was writing about his time, and it was a time when women were beginning to demand a voice, demand a say… — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share Image
The only Shakespeare I ever did was a production of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' two years in a row in my garden… — Ellen Burstyn Copy Share Image
I'll never forget John Heard doing Shakespeare In The Park with Raul Julia and Richard Dreyfuss. It was 30 years ago, I… — Tim Matheson Copy Share Image
Nowadays, one of the churches of Tlön maintains platonically that such and such a pain, such and such a greenish-yellow colour, such… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
People assume that I'm very highly trained, that I studied and did years and years of Shakespeare. I have no training whatsoever… — Hugh Laurie Copy Share Image
“If we knew thoroughly the nervous system of Shakespeare . . . we should be able to show why . . .… — William James Copy Share Image
“So I close this long reflection on what I hope is a not-too-quaveringly semi-Semitic note. When I am at home, I will… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“It seems only fair," Matthew continued. "A bit of karma, if you will." He twirled the stake again. "Shall we see how… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share Image
In Shakespeare the birds sing, the bushes are clothed with green, hearts love, souls suffer, the cloud wanders, it is hot, it… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“It’s the remarkable thing about academics: they look at Shakespeare and always see their own faces in him.” — Amanda Craig Copy Share Image
Shakespeare is like mashed potatoes, you can never get enough of him. — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so,” said Shakespeare.” — Christopher J Markert Copy Share Image
With Will Shakespeare writing your government's propaganda, you can't go wrong, can you? — Peter Hambleton Copy Share Image
“You must write as if Dostoyevsky himself will be reading your novel, and Shakespeare will be acting it out.” — Christina Westover Copy Share Image
If you're a Shakespeare fan, isn't that a way to negotiate sex and death? — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
“Quoting Shakespeare doesn't make you an intellectual. It just makes you a fan of Shakespeare.” — Kevin N. Fair Copy Share Image
Anything that brings people to see Shakespeare is fine by me. He's the great humanist. — Ray Fearon Copy Share Image
I certainly don't think a Welsh accent would be suited to Shakespeare. — Joanna Page 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
As a Shakespeare character, if you can persuade someone in a sentence or a speech, you've got it right. — Tom Sturridge Copy Share Image
