“LEELA: 'To be, or not to be, that is the question.' That is a very stupid question! THE DOCTOR: It's Shakespeare. LEELA:… — John Dorney Copy Share Image
My dad is a big extrovert - he's a doctor - but he always loved [William] Shakespeare and he took us to… — Vanessa Kirby Copy Share Image
“As with all literature, the play should be read through the eyes of the author, as far as this is possible, which… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
My life has included a study of Shakespeare and to me it's very natural, but I know that it's not always accessible… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
“No one, not even Shakespeare, surpasses Milton in his command of the sound, the music, the weight and taste and texture of… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
William Shakespeare was a brilliant writer and he only wrote the truth. So, if I dont believe it, I have to work… — Condola Rashad Copy Share Image
“Brief as the lightning in the collied night; That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and Earth, And ere a man hath… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to give 'Hamlet' a shot. It's the big one, you know. I haven't done Shakespeare professionally, so I think… — Brian d'Arcy James Copy Share Image
Once an actor told me he went to the Shakespeare School of Acting, and I said, 'I went to the Shakespeare of… — Michael Clarke Duncan Copy Share Image
In Shakespeare's world, characters cannot trust their senses. Is the ghost in Hamlet true and truthful, or is it a demon, tempting… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
All the unimaginative assholes in the world who imagine that Shakespeare couldn't have written Shakespeare because it was impossible from what we… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“He raised an eyebrow. "Where did you get this? Is our Anne Boleyn suddenly from Mars?" He chuckled. "I always thought she… — Lauren Kate Copy Share Image
Doing Shakespeare once is not fair to the play. I have been in Shakespeare plays when it's not until the last two… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
“The popular conception of any philosophical doctrine is necessarily imperfect, and very generally unjust. Lucretius is often alluded to as an atheistical… — Fleeming Jenkin Copy Share Image
I spent six years touring the world playing Shakespeare, Molire, Shaw, Goldsmith... But I slowly came to realise that the people you… — Stephen Mangan Copy Share Image
The way Shakespeare wrote Fallstaff is with a heightened language and everything. That's the genuis of having Ken Branagh here as well.… — Ray Stevenson Copy Share Image
“All is as if the world did cease to exist. The city's monuments go unseen, its past unheard, and its culture slowly… — Nathan Reese Maher Copy Share Image
“Shakespeare shook his head and sunk his chin into his ruff, making him look more owl-like than ever. “I have written about… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
I do think that, for instance, we've been very lucky to have theatrical careers and be associated with Shakespeare which sometimes gives… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
Shakespeare is practically our only link with the classic and the past. The future of education has much to do with whether… — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
Im not Shakespeare to write about you, I am not Piccaso to Paint you, I am just yours who wants to say… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If Shakespeare can compare all of life to a stage, maybe it's not odd to believe that part of the play can… — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
“What is more important, that Caesar is assassinated or that he is assassinated by his intimate friends? … That,’ Frederick said, 'is… — M.L. Rio Copy Share Image
Shakespeare did not consider himself the legislator of mankind. He faithfully records man's problems and does not evidently propose to solve them. — Allan Bloom 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
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
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
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
If Shakespeare had lived in our age, he would have been sued for writing Romeo And Juliet, because as everybody knows, he… — Lloyd Kaufman 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
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
“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
“Oh Blimey O‘Reilly's pantyhose...what is the point of Shakespeare? I know he is a genius and so on, but he does rave… — Louise Rennison Copy Share Image
When I first encountered Shakespeare as a boy, I read every word this man has written. To me, he is like an… — John Kani 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
My father started out as a riveter, but he had the soul of an artist. He worshiped Shakespeare and had aspirations to… — Christine Ebersole Copy Share Image
Some people consider the way Shakespeare was writing about Ophelia as erotomania-that she was delusional in thinking that Hamlet was in love… — Jack White Copy Share Image
No man, even though he be Shakespeare, can write perfectly when his web is woven of threads that have been spun in… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
This sounds so bogus, but I would love to, at some point when my kids are in college, is just go do… — Donal Logue Copy Share Image
Shakespeare wrote about love. I write about love. Shakespeare wrote about gang warfare, family feuds and revenge. I write about all the… — Sister Souljah Copy Share Image