Macbeth Quotes

42 quotes by 34 authors

To mankind in general Macbeth and Lady Macbeth stand out as the supreme type of all that a host and hostess should not be. — Max Beerbohm
If Shakespeare had to go on an author tour to promote Romeo and Juliet, he never would have written Macbeth. — Joyce Brothers
When you're a young man, Macbeth is a character part. When you're older, it's a straight part. — Laurence Olivier
In Macbeth a lady is restrained from the murder of a king by his resemblance of her father as he slept. Should not all men… — Benjamin Rush
I started to itch to do a play again and 'Macbeth' came to the surface in my mind. I never thought I would do it… — Alan Cumming
My war brought me many things; let yours bring you as much. Life is not to be told, call it as loud as you like,… — Djuna Barnes
Macbeth is a very popular play with audiences. If you want to sell out a theater, just mount a production of Macbeth. It's a short… — Ian Mckellen
Both Plockton and the Isle of Muck in north-west Scotland are incredibly beautiful. Sadly, Plockton has been discovered by tourists because it's where they shot… — Arabella Weir
I sometimes have these spells of compulsive truth. But as Lady Macbeth would say, "The fit is momentary." — Ken Kesey
The picture of me is nearly finished, and I think it is magnificent. Â The green and blue of the dress is splendid, and the… — Ellen Terry
Shakespeare without Othello, Lear, Macbeth and Hamlet would be all too much like Hamlet without the prince. — Brand Blanshard
The idea of Macbeth as a conscience-torm ented man is a platitude as false as Macbeth himself. Macbeth has no conscience. His main concern throughout… — Mary McCarthy
I've never ever read a script. I really must read Macbeth, because I was in it once. I got a lot of laughs in that,… — Tom Baker
Macbeth to Witches: What are these So wither'd and so wild in their attire, That look not like th' inhabitants o' th' earth, And yet… — William Shakespeare
If you think about Shakespeare, you remember Richard III and Macbeth before you remember Ferdinand, whose role is just to fall in love and be… — Mark Strong
A sweaty Macbeth with blood on his arms coming in fresh from the battle doesn't interest me. — Alan Cumming
Macbeth was the first play I ever read. — Alan Cumming
I always assumed I would leave drama school and do 'Lady Macbeth' and all sorts of serious things. It just didn't happen. — Olivia Colman
[Macbeth] is historically set in a place depicted by Shakespeare as brutal and violent, incredibly superstitious, and that's something that I do believe is Scottish. — James McAvoy
Macbeth is contending with the realities of this world, Hamlet with those of the next. — Jones Very

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