Actor Quote by Claire Tomalin

Shakespeare is, after all, Britain's greatest poet and dramatist.

— Sam Wanamaker

A remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he is really very good in spite of all the people who say he is very good.

— Robert Graves

Shakespeare was very political, but he was also a fabulous entertainer. That's where his genius comes in as a playwright.

— Adrian Dunbar

The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of all the people who say he is very good.

— Robert Graves

“What's remarkable about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of all the people who say he is very good.”

— Robert Graves

Everybody gets a little dose of Shakespeare. He's the greatest playwright in the English language, but his politics are fairly square.

— Alex Cox

“I've been hearing about Shakespeare all my life, but I had no idea he really wrote so well; I always suspected him of going…

— Jean Webster

No hate to Shakespeare. I really love him.

— Rachel Sennott

I love Charles Baudelaire. Him and Shakespeare are the only people I think are better than me.

— John Cooper Clarke

I think that Shakespeare is a s***. Absolute s***! He may have been a genius for his time, but I just can't relate to…

— Gene Simmons

Now, when I talk about Shakespeare, I can't talk too much about Gielgud or Olivier. Because nobody knows who I'm talking about.

— Roger Rees

Shakespeare would seem to have been a person for whom the human voice/personality in all its splendid idiosyncrasy was absolutely enthralling.

— Joyce Carol Oates