Life Quote by James Earl Jones

I was a Shakespearean actor, I had preconceived ideas, line readings - everything was a gesture, everything was conscious.

— Dennis Hopper

There was always this idea that I would work on Shakespeare and some of the other classics, but it never came to be.

— Joel Grey

All the unimaginative assholes in the world who imagine that Shakespeare couldn't have written Shakespeare because it was impossible from what we know about…

— John Irving

I got into Shakespeare and all of that stuff in high school and then got out of it because it got too complicated. But…

— Ro James

When I first started acting, and we would all sit down and talk about Shakespeare and how great it was. I thought well, I…

— Judy Davis

Shakespeare is a seminal story-teller. I don't think he imagined he was writing classics or that he was writing great poetry. I don't think…

— Naseeruddin Shah

“I had depressing thoughts that the theme, even though I had thought of it, was better than I was as a writer. Henry James…

— Patricia Highsmith

I think reading Shakespeare's plays when I was young was extremely important. He had the ability to make utter strangers come alive.

— Rita Dove

“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

This was Shakespeare's form ; Who walk'd in every path of human life, Felt every passion ; and to all mankind Doth now, will…

— Mark Akenside

But I find with Francis Bacon, some of the things were in the place, and someone who was connected with these schools of thought,…

— Mark Rylance

There was a play that was written by who I think is America's greatest playwright, and he wrote a small part in it for…

— Scott Glenn