Samuel Barnett

It's like saying French shouldn't be taught because you don't understand it because it's new. Shakespeare is just like learning a new,…

— Samuel Barnett

I've definitely learned that if you want to have power as a woman in Shakespeare's time, and it's still relevant today, that…

— Samuel Barnett

[Elijah Wood] has got such a broad outlook. It's so much bigger than just the acting industry.

— Samuel Barnett

I have been out of drama school for 13 years, so there are 13 years' worth of graduates behind me.

— Samuel Barnett

I feel like I've gotten more than a lot of people will ever get. I feel very fortunate.

— Samuel Barnett

I'm a Brit and I just put myself on tape, back in London, for a very distant American project that I thought…

— Samuel Barnett

[Elijah Wood] is a really fully-rounded, amazing human being, and I feel incredibly lucky, especially given how closely we have to work…

— Samuel Barnett

With Millais's paintings, it's microscopic; when he does hair, it's extraordinary: you can see every strand.

— Samuel Barnett

The great irony to Dirk [Gently] is that he sees connections in everything, but the one thing he fails and struggles with…

— Samuel Barnett

[Dirk Gently] just doesn't understand social cues.

— Samuel Barnett

Obviously we had to study Shakespeare at school, but to be honest, I was not a fan. I found the language very…

— Samuel Barnett

One of the joys of this show [Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency] is that each of those characters could be starring in…

— Samuel Barnett

I think Dirk [Gently] thinks that he's a brilliant detective, but he's the worst detective, ever. He does have this particular skill,…

— Samuel Barnett

The Pre-Raphaelites, while very bothered by what the establishment thought of them, also utterly rebelled against it. In everything - social, sexual,…

— Samuel Barnett

To me, Elijah Wood is one of the best actors of my generation. He's so incredibly present and in the moment, when…

— Samuel Barnett

I read the script [of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency] and went, "I haven't read anything this good, in a long time."…

— Samuel Barnett

I'm a huge fan of [Elijah Wood] work and a huge fan of him, as a person. What's great about getting to…

— Samuel Barnett

Are men and women different creatures? Do we feel things differently? Being a man, I can't know what a woman feels.

— Samuel Barnett

Like the Elizabeth I play, Queen Elizabeth is a monarch who actually moves with the times. She gets new information, assimilates it,…

— Samuel Barnett

I never wanted to do Shakespeare; I never liked watching it, it's always frightened me, and I've never been any good at…

— Samuel Barnett

I like all sorts of art, that's why I love wandering around The National Gallery.

— Samuel Barnett

I want to be engaged and moved by theatre, there's nothing more disappointing than being left cold. After 'The Author,' I felt…

— Samuel Barnett

Elijah Wood is interested in people, in life and in music.

— Samuel Barnett

In New York, I get people coming up to me because 'The History Boys' was such a hit on Broadway, and they…

— Samuel Barnett

I guess I've grown to admire Queen Elizabeth II more. I've always struggled with my feelings about the Royal Family. I am…

— Samuel Barnett