Hamlet Quotes

155 Hamlet quotes by 125 unique authors

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"— His well-read friend, who next to speak began, Said,… — Bill Vaughan
Hamlet 's character is the prevalence of the abstracting and generalizing habit over the practical. He does not want courage, skill, will, or opportunity; but… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
What if Shakespeare had had a test audience for Romeo and Juliet or Hamlet? — Brendan Fraser
Most actors are either a shower of bloody scruffs or think they should dress like Hamlet off stage. — Martin Freeman
Would Hamlet have felt the delicious fascination of suicide if he hadn't had an audience, and lines to speak? — Jean Genet
I not only loved studying theater, I loved being a theater major. It gave me an excuse to brood, to grow a beard, to wear… — Stephen Colbert
Romeo is the most misunderstood character in literature, I think. He's hardcore to play because he's displaying the characteristics of Hamlet at the beginning, and,… — Alan Cumming
I was so scared of going back to the theatre after 'Hamlet.' I didn't know if I'd do a play again because I was afraid… — Alan Cumming
Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence. — Ben Kingsley
I've done classical theaters. I played Hamlet myself and Romeo. — Damian Lewis
You'd never play Hamlet if you started worrying about who's played it before you. — Matthew Macfadyen
Shakespeare is in many ways an African writer and 'Hamlet' would be seen as a very accurate historical saga about an African kingdom. — Henning Mankell
I don't make much distinction between being a stand-up comic and acting Shakespeare - in fact, unless you're a good comedian, you're never going to… — Ian Mckellen
I have no desire to play King Lear or Hamlet. I never had a grand ambition. I just followed my nose. — Liam Neeson
'Hamlet' is a play about a man whose grief is deemed unseemly. — Meghan O'Rourke
'Hamlet' is the best description of grief I've read because it dramatizes grief rather than merely describing it. — Meghan O'Rourke
Hamlet is a remarkably easy role. Physically it's hard because it tends to be about three hours long and you're talking the whole time. But… — Liev Schreiber
People of a certain age look back on the Mayberry of 'The Andy Griffith Show' and become almost as homesick for that simple fictional hamlet… — Tom Shales
'Hamlet' is one of the most dangerous things ever set down on paper. All the big, unknowable questions like what it is to be a… — Michael Sheen
The essential is to excite the spectators. If that means playing Hamlet on a flying trapeze or in an aquarium, you do it. — Orson Welles
It's extraordinary to think that if you walked into a room and said you had never heard of Hamlet, you would be regarded as a… — Robert Winston

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