I always consider Shakespeare like a huge room. I mean, you open the door, and you can go anywhere. — Campbell Scott Copy Share Image
Shakespeare showed me that once I understand the rules, I can break them. — Zoe Wanamaker Copy Share Image
If 'Hamlet' had been written in these days it would probably have been called 'The Strange Affair at Elsinore. — James M. Barrie Copy Share Image
I think that one of the reasons Shakespeare withstands the test of time is that his themes are so universal. — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
With Will Shakespeare writing your government's propaganda, you can't go wrong, can you? — Peter Hambleton Copy Share Image
Anything that brings people to see Shakespeare is fine by me. He's the great humanist. — Ray Fearon 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
I'm not absolutely certain of the facts, but I rather fancy it's Shakespeare who says that it's always just when a fellow… — P. G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
I have a personal issue with Shakespeare. When I first encountered him, he made me feel thick. Well, not him, but the… — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
In the plays of Shakespeare man appears as he is, made up of a crowd of passions which contend for the mastery… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
I'm lucky enough to work with, I think, the greatest writer there's ever been, Shakespeare. Whose collected works would always be under… — Samuel West Copy Share Image
“Imitations produce pain or pleasure, not because they are mistaken for realities, but because they bring realities to mind.” — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I think its sad that movies and television have caused the theatre to fade as a popular art form. I hope to… — Kelly McGillis Copy Share Image
I joined the Royal Shakespeare Co. with no experience whatsoever - I'd never been to a drama school or anything. But I… — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
I owe a great deal to Harold Hobson, doyen drama critic of the 'U.K. Sunday Times,' who championed me as Shakespeare's Richard… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
The thing that is always so surprising about plays written in another century is how remarkably elastic they are. When you listen… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
“The language of Shakespeare is the first and lasting affirmation of the great changes that took place in the sixteenth century, leaving… — Ronald Carter Copy Share Image
“We've been told that with regard to seduction, "candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker," but in truth, rather, properly selected: "candy… — Rick Doblin Copy Share Image
“The story told in these quaint words was, without any doubt, read by Shakespeare and in the alembic of his imagination grew… — Mary Platt Parmele Copy Share Image
I went from an unemployed actor's life to doing stand-up comedy, and that was fortuitous. It's not the usual way the crow… — Catherine Tate Copy Share Image
“ Shakespeare used the word 'flush' to indicate plenty of money. Well, just remember there was only one Shakespeare , and he… — Joseph Devlin Copy Share Image
The 16th-century theatre witnessed the particularly English manifestation of 'the history play.' There can be no doubt that Shakespeare's presentations of 'Henry… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
“The anti-Stratfordians hold that Shakespeare didn’t write Shakespeare’s plays—it was another fellow of the same name, or of a different name. In… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
![“We've been told that with regard to seduction, "candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker," but in truth, rather, properly selected: "candy makes randy; liquor makes desire flicker"; or, as Shakespeare's porter said to Macduff: "[drink] provokes the desire but it takes away the performance." The wines…” quote by Rick Doblin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f93/rick-doblin-34503_liquor_we-ve-been-told-that-with-regard-to-sedu_905541.jpg)
