Shakespeare Quotes

770 Shakespeare quotes by 554 unique authors

Shakespeare's plays are more violent than 'Scarface.' — Al Pacino
There are a lot of roles in Shakespeare, basically. If I feel that the script is a movie, I would be interested in doing any… — Al Pacino
Actually, the language in Shakespeare is wonderfully musical. You need to hear the music to connect with the words. — Mandy Patinkin
Sondheim is the Shakespeare of the musical theater world. — Mandy Patinkin
You rarely pay the rent by doing Shakespeare or Ibsen. — Mandy Patinkin
In my prayers every day, which are a combination of Hebrew prayers and Shakespeare and Sondheim lyrics and things people have said to me that… — Mandy Patinkin
Astrology had an important role in the ancient world. You can't understand many things unless you know something about astrology - the plays of Shakespeare… — Steven Pinker
Tom Hanks, who starred in 'The Da Vinci Code,' turns out to be related to a number of the historic characters that feature in 'The… — Steven Pinker
I owe the little formal education I got to my drama teacher, Mr. Pickett, who got us to read Shakespeare, Moliere, and other classics. — Dennis Quaid
There is nothing new, from Greek mythology to Shakespeare to every romcom ever made, we're just reimagining the same 12 story plots over and over… — Jeremy Renner
Seeing Shakespeare in the Park, for me, it's just this side of feeling like you've witnessed some kind of magic. It's this spell that you're… — Julia Roberts
I could hear music playing in the background of works by certain authors, like Poe and Shakespeare. And I discovered Nikki Giovanni when I was… — Jill Scott
You know who my gods are, who I believe in fervently? Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson - she's probably the top - Mozart, Shakespeare, Keats. These… — Maurice Sendak
Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and you're a Shakespeare. — George Bernard Shaw
I had been in a Shakespeare company for three years and done a lot of Shakespeare. That was fun. That was interesting. — William Shatner
Dramatic fiction - William Shakespeare made his biggest mark writing dramatic love stories. — Nicholas Sparks
Why are we reading a Shakespeare play or 'Huckleberry Finn?' Well, because these works are great, but they also tell us something about the times… — Jane Smiley
The biggest and most interesting crisis in the world is the human crisis, and it never gets boring. It goes back to Shakespeare. You don't… — Sylvester Stallone
In the literature of France Moliere occupies the same kind of position as Cervantes in that of Spain, Dante in that of Italy, and Shakespeare… — Lytton Strachey
Shakespeare would never have gone far in today's politically correct world. — John Sununu
There is hardly a pioneer's hut which does not contain a few odd volumes of Shakespeare. I remember reading the feudal drama of Henry V… — Alexis de Tocqueville
How well Shakespeare knew how to improve and exalt little circumstances, when he borrowed them from circumstantial or vulgar historians. — Horace Walpole
I never wanted to become an actress because I'd read great literature or seen great Shakespeare. It was more just wanting to understand what the… — Julie Walters
Any good piece of material like Shakespeare ought to be open to reinterpretation. — Denzel Washington
I always loved the creative process, from 'Shakespeare in Love' to 'Finding Neverland' to 'Basquiat'; whether it's serious, or it's comedic, whether it's the 'inside… — Harvey Weinstein

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