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title: "21 Shakespeare Company Quotes by 19 authors"
description: "Browse 21 Shakespeare Company quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best Shakespeare Company sayings and thoughts."
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> [I don't know how this company got the name National Shakespeare Company, because it was literally like retards employing retards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-corddry/i-don-t-know-how-this-company-got-the-name-national-shakespeare/)

[Rob Corddry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-corddry/)

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> [I've done a lot of Shakespeare as a young man; I was involved with Shakespeare and Company.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/courtney-b-vance/i-ve-done-a-lot-of-shakespeare-as-a-young-man-i-was-involved-with/)

[Courtney B. Vance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/courtney-b-vance/)

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> [I think you have lots of actors who would much rather do a wonderful part at the Royal Shakespeare Company, but then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morfydd-clark/i-think-you-have-lots-of-actors-who-would-much-rather-do-a-wonderful/)

[Morfydd Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/morfydd-clark/)

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> [Do you know, I have no idea how I got 'The Avengers'? I'd left the Royal Shakespeare Company, and I was one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-rigg/do-you-know-i-have-no-idea-how-i-got-the-avengers-i-d-left-the-royal/)

[Diana Rigg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-rigg/)

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> [We hope the Bell Shakespeare Company will become an indigenous part of the Globe Shakespeare Centre in Australia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-wanamaker/we-hope-the-bell-shakespeare-company-will-become-an-indigenous-part/)

[Sam Wanamaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-wanamaker/)

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> [My middle daughter is with the Royal Shakespeare Company and was on Broadway several years ago.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-wanamaker/my-middle-daughter-is-with-the-royal-shakespeare-company-and-was-on/)

[Sam Wanamaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-wanamaker/)

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> [I don't think I have had a big break, although joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1986 opened up new horizons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-mccabe/i-don-t-think-i-have-had-a-big-break-although-joining-the-royal/)

[Richard McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-mccabe/)

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> [I had been in a Shakespeare company for three years and done a lot of Shakespeare. That was fun. That was interesting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shatner/i-had-been-in-a-shakespeare-company-for-three-years-and-done-a-lot-of/)

[William Shatner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shatner/)

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> [I've never done stand-up; I came via small-scale touring theatre, through the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, then I got employed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-williams/i-ve-never-done-stand-up-i-came-via-small-scale-touring-theatre/)

[Mark Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-williams/)

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> [I've done maybe twelve of Shakespeare's plays. I was with the Royal Shakespeare Company for years. Whatever influence that has never leaves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/i-ve-done-maybe-twelve-of-shakespeare-s-plays-i-was-with-the-royal/)

[Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/)

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> [I had been in a Shakespeare company for three years and done a lot of Shakespeare. That was fun. That was interesting.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shatner/i-had-been-in-a-shakespeare-company-for-three-years-and-done-a-lot-of-2/)

[William Shatner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shatner/)

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> [One day, out of irritation, I said, you know all of those years with the Royal Shakespeare Company, all those years of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-stewart/one-day-out-of-irritation-i-said-you-know-all-of-those-years-with-the/)

[Patrick Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-stewart/)

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> [“In the end, yes, it is a famous bookstore and, yes, it is of no small literary importance. But more than anything,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-mercer/in-the-end-yes-it-is-a-famous-bookstore-and-yes-it-is-of-no-small/)

[Jeremy Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-mercer/)

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> [I was at the Royal Shakespeare Company, where I thought, in my naivete, I'd stay for the rest of my career. I'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-mckay/i-was-at-the-royal-shakespeare-company-where-i-thought-in-my-naivete/)

[Christian McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-mckay/)

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> [I'd love to do Shakespeare. I've been asked to do Malvolio but for one reason or another haven't been able. On a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/les-dennis/i-d-love-to-do-shakespeare-i-ve-been-asked-to-do-malvolio-but-for-one/)

[Les Dennis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/les-dennis/)

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> [Obviously we had to study Shakespeare at school, but to be honest, I was not a fan. I found the language very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-barnett/obviously-we-had-to-study-shakespeare-at-school-but-to-be-honest-i/)

[Samuel Barnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-barnett/)

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> [“This is Shakespeare and Company, it's the most famous bookstore in the world." She pointed to the shelves that reached the ceiling.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-hughes/this-is-shakespeare-and-company-it-s-the-most-famous-bookstore-in-the/)

[Anita Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-hughes/)

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> [“Alongside the development of theatres came the growth of an acting culture; in essence it was the birth of the acting profession.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-carter/alongside-the-development-of-theatres-came-the-growth-of-an-acting/)

[Ronald Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-carter/)

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> [I'm a pro! No, what I mean is I have performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company in England. I have been all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kunal-nayyar/i-m-a-pro-no-what-i-mean-is-i-have-performed-with-the-royal/)

[Kunal Nayyar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kunal-nayyar/)

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> [I did a season at the Royal Shakespeare Company. People say, 'Why aren't you doing theater anymore?' And I say, 'Look, my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liam-cunningham/i-did-a-season-at-the-royal-shakespeare-company-people-say-why-aren-t/)

[Liam Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liam-cunningham/)

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> [Peter Hall was just organizing the Royal Shakespeare Company. It was going to be an ensemble, it was going to be in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevor-nunn/peter-hall-was-just-organizing-the-royal-shakespeare-company-it-was/)

[Trevor Nunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevor-nunn/)

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