Friend Quote by Andrew Lincoln

Hamlet' is obviously a role a lot of actors want to portray or be involved with in some way and that I'd like to…

— Jamie Campbell Bower

Would you go to see a brilliant actor who's been framed for something that he didn't do, and put him on a stage and…

— Jerry Stiller

Actors want to do Shakespeare again and again, or want to do Hamlet. When you hear one guy do Hamlet and another guy do…

— Joshua Bell

Hamlet' is a real ensemble piece: you have to realise that he's just one part of the story.

— Jonathan Pryce

I turned Hamlet down because it was going to take up too much of my drinking time.

— Richard Harris

“Every time you go to see Hamlet you don't expect it to have a happy ending...you're still enthralled. (Interview BBC Radio 4 Today 17 October 2012.)”

— Hilary Mantel

As a playwright, I imagine that in one fashion or another I've been influenced by every single play I've ever experienced.

— Edward Albee

You'd never play Hamlet if you started worrying about who's played it before you.

— Matthew Macfadyen

That's why so many people want to play Hamlet: because it's a completely demarked role, and the actor playing it has to be prepared,…

— Cate Blanchett

I think part of the sadness of Hamlet is given different circumstances, this guy had the capability of being something really great and not…

— Chukwudi Iwuji

I never want to see 'Hamlet' ever again! Never ever!

— Marianne Elliott

Hamlet, that's the only role there is, finally. The only role. After that, you settle down and only do the fun things on stage.

— Stephen Lang