Ensemble Quote by Jonathan Pryce

Hamlet is a little daunting.

— Kyle MacLachlan

We tend to think of Hamlet as one of the wisest, most intellectually prodigious characters in all of literature. Which he is, but there's…

— Norah Vincent

Hamlet' is obviously a role a lot of actors want to portray or be involved with in some way and that I'd like to…

— Jamie Campbell Bower

I didn't realize you needed a response. When Hamlet is giving a monologue, he just goes on and on by himself.

— Eloisa James

Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.

— Ben Kingsley

The music I was writing for 'Hamlet' needed to be very simple because there was so much going on with the dialogue in that…

— Sarah Blasko

I think part of the sadness of Hamlet is given different circumstances, this guy had the capability of being something really great and not…

— Chukwudi Iwuji

If you were to ask everyone what 'Hamlet' was about, they might say, "It's about a prince, and he says, 'To be or not…

— Orlando Bloom

You don't really audition for Hamlet; Hamlet is one of those roles that a director or producer decides you should do it.

— Chukwudi Iwuji

Hamlet is every man's self-love with all its dreams realized. He wears all the crowns and carries every cross.

— Hugh Kingsmill

One of the things that makes Hamlet unique among Shakespeare's characters is his courage to face up to the darker elements of his personality.

— Kenneth Branagh

But there’s a reason we recognize Hamlet as a masterpiece: it’s that Shakespeare told us the truth, and people so rarely tell us the…

— Kurt Vonnegut