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- The actor is too prone to exaggerate his powers; he wants to play Hamlet when his appearance is more suitable to King… — Sarah Bernhardt
- It's difficult for most people to imagine the creative process in tennis. Seemingly it's just an athletic matter of hitting the ball… — Virginia Wade
- I have no desire to play King Lear or Hamlet. I never had a grand ambition. I just followed my nose. — Liam Neeson
- O, let me kiss that hand! KING LEAR: Let me wipe it first; it smells of mortality. — William Shakespeare
- I think you have to find the humanity in the character and then the deterioration is a part of the process -… — David Wenham
- In the United States...politics is purged of all menace, all sinister quality, all genuine significance, and stuffed with such gorgeous humors, such… — H. L. Mencken
- Complaining about boring football is a little like complaining about the sad ending of King Lear: it misses the point somehow. — Nick Hornby
- I think Shakespeare got drunk after he finished King Lear. That he had a ball writing it. — Louis Auchincloss