Mark Rylance

But to me I find Francis Bacon the most likely candidate to be the author.

— Mark Rylance

I've always looked at famous actors and hope that once they get a part that they have success in, they would reprise…

— Mark Rylance

I certainly never pictured myself even attending the Academy Awards, much less winning at 56. I very, very happily settled into a…

— Mark Rylance

In a way, I think science is the modern religion, and at times, I despise it as much as I despise other…

— Mark Rylance

So there's a lot of people tied into believing that the traditional response to the authorship question. In terms of actors, some…

— Mark Rylance

My understanding is that we are generally a very philanthropic and compassionate people - that when there are disasters in the world,…

— Mark Rylance

Every great filmmaker at some moment makes a war film.

— Mark Rylance

There were terrific shows on TV like 'Star Trek' and 'Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea' and 'Wild Wild West.' All…

— Mark Rylance

I love film. I love going to see films; I always have. I've done quite a few.

— Mark Rylance

It's an important thing for children to be able to make up their own words.

— Mark Rylance

Great actors try to dismiss all ideas from their conscious mind in order to provide an experience that is real.

— Mark Rylance

You try, as an actor, to wear a mask; you're serving a story.

— Mark Rylance

But I find with Francis Bacon, some of the things were in the place, and someone who was connected with these schools…

— Mark Rylance

My accent does slip. When I arrived in England in 1978 at 18, I was shocked to find myself 'the American' at…

— Mark Rylance

But I don't sit down at dinner and have clever ideas.

— Mark Rylance

I like to connect with the other actors in a fantasy situation.

— Mark Rylance

If I were to do a sequel, it would be with Sophie as a very old woman and The BFG the same,…

— Mark Rylance

Moments are incredible, but in my fantasy mind I see a Globe company which is renowned throughout the world for what it…

— Mark Rylance

I learnt so much wit, really, from the Globe audiences. If you can make a circle, even in a proscenium theater, if…

— Mark Rylance

You know, I don't think you need to be educated to be a great actor.

— Mark Rylance

Chaos can be incredibly creative.

— Mark Rylance

You feel a lot of rage when someone dies. I have a lot of faith in nature, but it can be cruel.

— Mark Rylance

I think the idea that life ends when we physically die is as painful as the idea in Cromwell's time that there's…

— Mark Rylance

Pretty much all children are helpful to act with; they lack any guile when they act.

— Mark Rylance

It's nice being offered a lot of interesting films and being asked to take part in things that are quite curious. If…

— Mark Rylance