Auditions Quote by Chukwudi Iwuji

Hamlet' is obviously a role a lot of actors want to portray or be involved with in some way and that I'd like to…

— Jamie Campbell Bower

I don't want to do 'Hamlet.' I don't want to do Robert Redford roles or Mel Gibson roles or Kevin Costner roles, because I'm…

— Gene Wilder

That's why so many people want to play Hamlet: because it's a completely demarked role, and the actor playing it has to be prepared,…

— Cate Blanchett

It took a while to decide I wanted to do Hamlet. It wasn't that I was daunted - I'd been acting professionally since my…

— Jonathan Pryce

No one ever asked me to play Hamlet. I don't think I'm right for the part, but it would have been nice to be…

— Al Pacino

Honestly, if you're just going to be the love interest then at least let it be a really good movie. Not every role is…

— Patrick Wilson

You'd never play Hamlet if you started worrying about who's played it before you.

— Matthew Macfadyen

It doesn't matter if you're big and tall or ugly or pretty. Deep inside, every actor wants to play Hamlet, at least I hope…

— Ted Cassidy

If you decide to do Hamlet in a funny hat staged in a ruined factory, it doesn't make you Shakespeare.

— William Monahan

Hamlet, that's the only role there is, finally. The only role. After that, you settle down and only do the fun things on stage.

— Stephen Lang

Would you go to see a brilliant actor who's been framed for something that he didn't do, and put him on a stage and…

— Jerry Stiller

I'd love to play Hamlet.

— Janet McTeer