Age Quote by Horace Walpole

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

“But there were other great writers who had done all these things. What set Shakespeare apart...even from other greats, was his generosity: his invitation,…

— Jennifer Lee Carrell

Because British actors hold Shakespeare in such great reverence, we tend to go for the word, which tends to make things very intellectual.

— Geraldine James

Shakespeare teaches you how to act. You come out of this process as a better actor. It's just the nature of the words he…

— Condola Rashad

It was easier to do Shakespeare than a lot of modern movie scripts that are so poorly written.

— Jessica Lange

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

“If Shakespeare be considered as a MAN born in a rude age and educated in the lowest manner, without any instruction either from the…

— David Hume

The reason there's no modern-day Shakespeare is because he didn't have anything to do except sit in a room with a candle and think.

— Chris Cornell

You can find more traditional Shakespeare than we do. But what we want to bring to these works is energy, passion, freshness.

— John Bradshaw

Shakespeare carries us to such a lofty strain of intelligent activity, as to suggest a wealth which beggars his own; and we then feel…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I believe that it is a whole lifetime of work on Shakespeare's part that enabled him to do what he did. But the question…

— Stephen Greenblatt

I think Shakespeare, at his heart, was just the way all of us are that make movies: He wanted to entertain people.

— Kelly Asbury