Am Quote by Beau Willimon

Shakespeare villains were extraordinary. Macbeth, Iago, Richard III... They're so richly layered that a British actor would find it almost impossible to create a…

— Ben Kingsley

'Macbeth,' I am ambivalent about. I don't like that play, in fact.

— Naseeruddin Shah

The trap in Hamlet is he's the most passive of Shakespeare's characters. He's not a Richard III, not out there taking a lot of…

— Kurt Sutter

Its extremely dangerous to compare anyone else to Shakespeare.

— Kevin Spacey

It's extremely dangerous to compare anyone else to Shakespeare.

— Kevin Spacey

We just don't need any more 'Macbeth's in the world, however brilliant mine might turn out to be.

— John Tiffany

Shakespeare without Othello, Lear, Macbeth and Hamlet would be all too much like Hamlet without the prince.

— Brand Blanshard

It's impossible to have a favourite Shakespeare, since so many of the plays rouse and inspire completely different parts of your being.

— Steven Berkoff

'Richard III' is a really difficult play to film - it's involved, often obscure. I felt it absolutely necessary to do more simplification than…

— Laurence Olivier

'Macbeth' is one of those books that demand all of your attention.

— Mannie Fresh

The thing that is always so surprising about plays written in another century is how remarkably elastic they are. When you listen to the…

— Kevin Spacey

Don't go around asking the question, 'Is this character likeable?' and expect that to be compatible with serious literary endeavours. That's not what it's…

— Claire Messud