King Quote by Geraldine James

I went to the William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia, where I had a teacher really named Edward Shakespeare. He was a very influential…

— Robert Picardo

My mother taught Shakespeare and used to act.

— Derek Walcott

When I closed in "King Lear" I went into a period of depression for about three weeks, and every actor I've talked to who's…

— Frank Langella

I went to drama school for three years, and the whole thing there is that hopefully you are introduced to a man called William…

— Hayley Atwell

James Agate, a great critic of the day, advised me that the way to learn your job properly was to learn Shakespeare, so I…

— Donald Sinden

I was taught Shakespeare brilliantly by an eccentric genius at Harrow named Jeremy Lemmon who made me want to be a writer.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

I think Shakespeare got drunk after he finished King Lear. That he had a ball writing it.

— Louis Auchincloss

I learned from master teachers at the University of Evansville, at Juilliard, at Shakespeare festivals all over the country, eventually landing at Shakespeare in…

— Carrie Preston

When I was about 16 or 17, I had a teacher who took a group of us to the National Theater in Washington, D.C.,…

— Edward Norton

I used to act in college, but always comedy. Didn't do [William] Shakespeare - did Ben Jonson.

— Margaret Atwood

I was in King Lear with Sir Tom Courtenay at The Royal Exchange in Manchester. In fact, that's where I met my husband. I…

— Ashley Jensen

My father used to act in high school. He was in a production of 'Othello;' I don't know who he played, but it wasn't…

— Lupita Nyong'o