Shakespeare Quotes

770 Shakespeare quotes by 554 unique authors

Profound subject matter can be encompassed in small space - for proof, look at any sonnet by Shakespeare! — Cynthia Ozick
Shakespeare is a permanent presence in the English letters. — Antonio Munoz Molina
Shakespeare has always been up for grabs, and choreographers have every right to use him any way they choose. — Robert Gottlieb
After Shakespeare, Dickens is the great creator of characters, multiple characters. — Claire Tomalin
Simon Russell Beale is an incomparable speaker of Shakespeare and a superb all-round actor. — Claire Tomalin
I fell in love with Shakespeare when I was 12, and I read the whole works. Yes, I was precocious. — Claire Tomalin
I was alone as a child. I lived in fairytales, adventures, Shakespeare. They are the friends, my books. — Alejandro Jodorowsky
From kings to groundlings, Shakespeare made his work profound for everybody. That is how it should be. There is no hierarchy in theatre. It makes… — Lee Hall
Shakespeare has great ability to skirt around a subject and portray human nature. — Kelli O'Hara
Shakespeare is where I live. I adore him. — Kate O'Mara
I always consider Shakespeare like a huge room. I mean, you open the door, and you can go anywhere. — Campbell Scott
Shakespeare is rich and beautiful, and it can be an amazing experience to read and to watch and to work on. — Campbell Scott
I can do Shakespeare, Ibsen, English accents, Irish accents, no accent, stand on my head, tap dance, sing, look 17 or look 70. — Diane Ladd
I saw a Shakespeare play when I was - I guess I was in junior high. And I just fell in love with the theater… — Annette Bening
It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in England. They headed… — Felicity Kendal
In school I really loved Shakespeare, and I participated in a country-wide Shakespeare competition. — Aya Cash
I actually did Shakespeare when I was at North Carolina School of the Arts. I studied with Gerald Freedman and Mary Irwin - it was… — Billy Magnussen
I started out doing a lot of theater, a lot of Shakespeare, classic plays. — Andre Holland
Shakespeare is definitely my first love. — Andre Holland
The first 10 years I was a professional actor, I did Shakespeare. — Unknown Author
I think with Shakespeare you can be required to do absolutely anything at the turn of a sixpence - suddenly you go into a battle,… — Ian Mckellen
Shakespeare set a lot of his dramas in a historical perspective or war perspective, or he would study what was going on at that time. — Marcia Gay Harden
What makes Shakespeare eternal is his grasp of psychology. He knew how to nail stuff about us as human beings. — Martin Freeman
I think Shakespeare really got it. He was the first one to introduce psychology to villains and give them a real point of view. — Oscar Isaac
What I treasure most at any moment is intimacy, surprise, a sense of mystery, wit, depth and love. A handful of cherished friends offer me… — Pico Iyer

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