Acting Quote by Ian Mckellen

Macbeth is a very popular play with audiences. If you want to sell out a theater, just mount a production of Macbeth. It's a…

— Ian Mckellen

With every character it's interesting. If you play Macbeth, people have seen and read Shakespeare and see dozens of actors play that role. In…

— Simone Missick

Ive been wanting to play Macbeth for quite a long time but then I just realised nobody is going to offer me the role…

— Angus Macfadyen

In the theatre, if you say 'Macbeth', all the actors will start looking very anxious. I'm so well-trained not to say it in the…

— Anna Chancellor

'Macbeth' is one of those books that demand all of your attention.

— Mannie Fresh

I started to itch to do a play again and 'Macbeth' came to the surface in my mind. I never thought I would do…

— Alan Cumming

'Macbeth,' I am ambivalent about. I don't like that play, in fact.

— Naseeruddin Shah

I read Macbeth as a secondary student in Nigeria and it was like an African play to me. It had all the right elements…

— Sefi Atta

'Macbeth' is an amazing story.

— Andy Serkis

Writing for the theatre is so different to writing for anything else. Because what you write is eventually going to be spoken. That's why…

— Sam Shepard

Theatre is all about the process and the sense of community that is created. You have weeks of rehearsal, time to explore your character…

— Dan Amboyer

'Macbeth' sags in act four - the England scene with Malcolm and Macduff just doesn't work theatrically. But with 'Hamlet,' although the play is…

— Jonathan Pryce