Mood Quote by Kevin Kline

Playing Shakespeare is really tiring. You never get to sit down, unless you're the king.

— Josephine Hull

I talked to friends who are actors and who do Shakespeare loads, and they all said 'learn it so that your family wants to…

— Mel Giedroyc

When you're playing Shakespeare, it forces you to think and feel and speak all at the same time, which really is what acting is.…

— Andre Holland

Shakespeare language is fantastic, and to be honest, you don't need to do anything to Shakespeare.

— Sam Heughan

It's an intuitive exercise to do a Shakespeare play and to go through a Shakespeare play.

— Mark Rylance

Shakespeare language is fantastic, and to be honest, you dont need to do anything to Shakespeare.

— Sam Heughan

Actually, the language in Shakespeare is wonderfully musical. You need to hear the music to connect with the words.

— Mandy Patinkin

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

— Michelle Dockery

I think with Shakespeare you can be required to do absolutely anything at the turn of a sixpence - suddenly you go into a…

— Ian Mckellen

Classical plays require more imagination and more general training to be able to do. That's why I like playing Shakespeare better than anything else.

— Vivien Leigh

Maybe they say they do but I don't think many actors really enjoy trying to do a Shakespearean play.

— Renee O'Connor

It is true that there are few plays of Shakespeare that I haven't done.

— Judi Dench