Act Quote by Condola Rashad

When you're playing Shakespeare, it forces you to think and feel and speak all at the same time, which really is what acting is.…

— Andre Holland

You can’t act Shakespeare until you can speak him.

— Patsy Rodenburg

Doing Shakespeare certainly makes you a better actor.

— James Avery

First of all, Shakespeare is about pleasure and interest. He was from the first moment he actually wrote something for the stage, and he…

— Stephen Greenblatt

I'm constantly intimidated by Shakespeare's work. Trying to decipher what he's saying and holding on to that thought - not just as an actor,…

— Zoe Wanamaker

Sometimes you can do Shakespeare and you're still not an actor.

— Clark Gregg

Shakespeare is one of the reasons I've stayed an actor. Sometimes I spend full days doing Shakespeare by myself, just for the joy of…

— Al Pacino

You learn from mistakes, but Shakespeare is one big non mistake isn't he? He just got everything right really.

— Janet Suzman

You could argue we are a different audience today,but on the other hand what is it that makes Shakespeare great? It is that he…

— Sam Wanamaker

I had never done Shakespeare before, but I don't think you can be an actor and not do it. There were moments when I…

— Jessica Lange

Doing Shakespeare once is not fair to the play. I have been in Shakespeare plays when it's not until the last two or three…

— Al Pacino

I found that the more I'd done Shakespeare, and the more I trusted my instincts and applied the same rules you would apply to…

— Tom Sturridge