Hamlet Quotes

155 quotes by 126 authors

And I just think that to introduce an unknown Shakespeare is thrilling, too - not to do Hamlet or Romeo and Juliet, to do the… — Julie Taymor
If I ever play Hamlet, it'll be in a dress! — Matt Lucas
Of course 'Hamlet' is a debate about the nature and morality of revenge and whether it is right to do something to assuage your angry… — Samuel West
I don't admire Freud as much as some people do. Imagine Shakespeare being aware of the Oedipal complex when he wrote Hamlet. It would have… — Nathalie Sarraute
I'm on the list that I thought I'd never be on. I'm not sitting here thinking, 'God, I might get this part' or 'is it… — Joel Edgerton
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 be… — Jamie Campbell Bower
You have to get through the Hamlet hoop as a young actor. Your classical qualifications are based on the quality of your Hamlet. And then,… — Derek Jacobi
I played Hamlet, I played Chekhov and Ibsen and all the classics. — Harvey Korman
I had a good theater career for years. I played Hamlet when I was 22, and I've played some really great roles. — Jason Gann
From the wrestling of his own soul with the great enemy, comes that depth and mystery which startles us in Hamlet. — Jones Very
Macbeth is contending with the realities of this world, Hamlet with those of the next. — Jones Very
Doing Shakespeare in the Park has always been a dream. Everyone else says Hamlet, but I want to play Romeo. — Aaron Yoo
On Laurence Olivier as Hamlet in a 1948 film: Olivier's idea of introspection was to hood his eyes, dentalize his consonants and let the camera… — Robert Brustein
Most people don't see Hamlet as an old bald guy. — Joss Whedon
What has been done in the world - the works of genius - cost nothing. There is no painful effort, but it is the spontaneous… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Twilight's soft dews steal o'er the village-green, With magic tints to harmonize the scene. Stilled is the hum that through the hamlet broke When round… — Samuel Rogers
I saw Hamlet Prince of Denmark played; but now the old plays begin to disgust this refined age. — John Evelyn
I am almost sure to be blotted out by death, but sometimes I think it is not impossible that I may continue to live in… — Jorge Luis Borges
There's a quote from Hamlet that is my guide... He tells the players not to exaggerate but to hold a mirror up to nature. Don't… — Andrew Wyeth
One learned gentleman, "a sage grave man," Talk'd of the Ghost in Hamlet, "sheath'd in steel"â€” His well-read friend, who next to speak began, Said,… — Bill Vaughan

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