Englishman Quote by John Kani

You can find a connection with any Shakespeare role you play.

— Michelle Dockery

I apologize for being obvious, but every time I watch the curtain come down on even a halfway decent production of a Shakespeare play…

— Ian Mcewan

But Shakespeare one gets acquainted with without knowing how. It is a part of an Englishman's constitution. His thoughts and beauties are so spread…

— Jane Austen

I have a personal issue with Shakespeare. When I first encountered him, he made me feel thick. Well, not him, but the productions I…

— John Tiffany

Shakespeare's always been sitting on my back, since I began reading. And, certainly, as a writer, he's who I hear all the time. And…

— Howard Jacobson

Shakespeare knew the human mind, and its most minute and intimate workings, and he never introduces a word, or a thought, in vain or…

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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

“I've been hearing about Shakespeare all my life, but I had no idea he really wrote so well; I always suspected him of going…

— Jean Webster

“We probably read Shakespeare in the first place for his stories, afterwards for his characters. . . . To become intimate with Shakespeare in…

— Charlotte Mason

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

I've been with Shakespeare all my life.

— Roger Rees

Who knows if Shakespeare might not have thought less if he had read more?

— Edward Young