Shakespeare belongs to the whole of mankind, not just one country. — Sam Wanamaker Belongs Copy Share Image
I've lived in London more or less permanently since the 1950s. — Sam Wanamaker 1950s Copy Share Image
What would the world say if the Globe, now that it has at last been found, is not excavated? — Sam Wanamaker Found Copy Share Image
Shakespeare is as naturally a part of American culture as it is the British culture; the Americans have a natural interest in… — Sam Wanamaker American Copy Share Image
The Globe will become an automatic sight like the Tower of London and St. Paul's. — Sam Wanamaker Become Copy Share Image
I admit we don't know for sure the exact spot where the original Globe stood. But the Greenmore Wharf site is as… — Sam Wanamaker Admit Copy Share Image
The physical nature of the Globe is going to break down a lot of barriers. — Sam Wanamaker Barriers Copy Share Image
The only thing that I can contribute as director is to work with the performers in a way that brings out the… — Sam Wanamaker Cinema Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in creating a self-aggrandizing home base for myself, for my artistic foibles and interests. — Sam Wanamaker Art Copy Share Image
We hope the Bell Shakespeare Company will become an indigenous part of the Globe Shakespeare Centre in Australia. — Sam Wanamaker Australia Copy Share Image
What could be more fitting - or more exciting - than to restage Shakespeare's plays on the very spot where they were… — Sam Wanamaker Could Copy Share Image
In my teens, I saw a terrible production of 'Die Walkuere.' To a person of 15, it was just awful, and it… — Sam Wanamaker Die Copy Share Image
Frankly, the British always looked at this as a dumpy industrial area, but this was where Shakespeare lived and wrote and performed… — Sam Wanamaker Always Copy Share Image
That first replica of the Globe that I saw at the Chicago World's Fair was a suspect thing, made of plywood and… — Sam Wanamaker Chicago Copy Share Image
Two planeloads of California actors and directors flew to Washington in support of the Hollywood Ten, and some of us, like John… — Sam Wanamaker Famous Copy Share Image
When I was 15 years old, I saw my first production of a Shakespeare play at the British pavilion at the Century… — Sam Wanamaker Actor Copy Share Image
What I want is an international monument to the world's greatest playwright. It would be an attraction that would be both educational… — Sam Wanamaker Honesty Copy Share Image
My middle daughter is with the Royal Shakespeare Company and was on Broadway several years ago. — Sam Wanamaker Broadway Copy Share Image
Of course, the Globe will be an international educational center as well as a theater. — Sam Wanamaker Center Copy Share Image
You can do something almost any minutes that will ruin you, no matter how good you have been. — Sam Wanamaker Good Copy Share Image
I'm not a Shakespearean actor really, or a Shakespearean director. — Sam Wanamaker Actor Copy Share Image
I foresee the Globe attracting scholars from all over the world. — Sam Wanamaker Foresee Copy Share Image
There are more movie stars in the lobby of the Aquadulce than there are in the lobby of the Beverly Hills Hotel. — Sam Wanamaker Beverly hills Copy Share Image
I think the Schwontkowski banner will help publicize the construction of the new Globe and probably will also help fundraising. — Sam Wanamaker Construction Copy Share Image
People constantly express surprise that Americans are so hot for Shakespeare. But Britain's culture is American culture, too. — Sam Wanamaker American Copy Share Image
I had been in 760 performances of 10 different Shakespeare plays by the time I was 17. — Sam Wanamaker Actor Copy Share Image
Shakespeare is, after all, Britain's greatest poet and dramatist. — Sam Wanamaker Britain Copy Share Image
When I first went to London to do a film in 1949, I naturally went to visit the site of the Globe.… — Sam Wanamaker Alley Copy Share Image
I mean, the Globe is the most famous theater in the western world. The British have absolutely neglected it. It's an embarrassment… — Sam Wanamaker British Copy Share Image
Unlike young actors, I don't feel unfulfilled. I've had my successes. I don't have to worry that I won't have time for… — Sam Wanamaker Success Copy Share Image
You could argue we are a different audience today,but on the other hand what is it that makes Shakespeare great? It is… — Sam Wanamaker Common denominator Copy Share Image
It's true that I have sacrificed certain jobs, and it's been a matter of fitting my career into the Globe rather than… — Sam Wanamaker Around Copy Share Image
We will get back to the earlier, instinctive and less inhibited nature of theatre. Today, spectators are passive, but Elizabethan, Greek and… — Sam Wanamaker Nature Copy Share Image
Shakespeare is undoubtedly the greatest dramatist the world has known, and 95 countries translate his work into their languages. — Sam Wanamaker Greatest Copy Share Image
Most Britons, and most Americans as well, either thought the Globe was in Stratford-Upon-Avon or didn't know where it was at all. — Sam Wanamaker Britons Copy Share Image
