Down Quote by Lenny Henry Download Open image “Shakespeare is for everybody, not just for toffs with a cauliflower down their tights.” — Lenny Henry ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Down Everybody Just Tights
When you're working class and you feel like you're a bit of a toerag, you think Shakespeare's not for you, you know? — Lenny Henry Copy Share Image
I wasn't always such a great fan of Shakespeare, mind you. I can guess we all at one time had it rammed down our… — Christopher Eccleston Copy Share Image
It's not that Shakespeare is frivolous, but you spend your time just getting people to dress up in other people's costumes and pretending to… — Jonathan Miller Copy Share Image
One of the reasons [William] Shakespeare is so endlessly fascinating is that you can look at that figure from about 10 different angles: Caliban in Shakespeare's day was probably viewed as a sort of comic, barbarian type, but into the 19th century there were productions where Caliban was the hero. He's a potential rapist of a minor. Is that a… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share
Shakespeare is like mashed potatoes, you can never get enough of him. — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
What a gift it would be if every child in the country could hear a professional orchestra at least once. — Lenny Henry Copy Share Image
I lament the passing of 'Play for Today,' 'Armchair Theatre,' 'Screen One and Two' and 'Comedy Playhouse' - because these shows gave a platform… — Lenny Henry Copy Share Image
With every task you think, 'What did I do wrong there? What could I do better?' That's why I've spent my life gravitating towards… — Lenny Henry Copy Share Image
I think tax breaks for diversity is a good thing. In film now, what happens is you get huge tax breaks if you can… — Lenny Henry Copy Share Image
Wouldn't it be great, if there was a one-stop shop where funny people could take their ideas and have them made? — Lenny Henry Copy Share Image
Stand-up's a lottery - you think it's funny but the audience can disagree. — Lenny Henry Copy Share Image
In the 1970s in black and Asian households up and down the country, there's a familiar story that when we saw a non-white person… — Lenny Henry Copy Share Image
That's where depression hits you most - your home life. It doesn't affect your work. I can't do this zany, wacky, funny thing any… — Lenny Henry Copy Share Image
If you ask an introvert a question, wait until she thinks about it. Introverts think before speaking, not through speaking. If you want to… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
I like to sit down, relax, have a cup of coffee on the terrace and read a book. I like to travel the world… — Marianne Vos Copy Share Image
I turn a lot of stuff down - big, big movies, the kind I wouldn't want to go to the cinema to see. — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
What I was concerned about when I wrote the 'Downward Spiral' record was being a self-centred destructive force. The point was tearing down everything… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
When it really comes down to it, the job you do is more important and is more representative of who you are than your… — Michael Cudlitz Copy Share Image
My writing routine is: get son off to school and sit down at 8 A.M. I read what I wrote the day before, and… — Tracy Chevalier Copy Share Image
Back in the really olden days, dinner was seldom a ceremonial event for U.S. families. Only the very wealthy had a separate dining room.… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
No matter how brilliant an actor is, there's always a point where they let you down, but that's all part of their journey. They… — Amanda Hale Copy Share Image
When I go to my health club, and it's in the basement, you have to take the elevator down. And this drives me crazy.… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
My dad's quite a conservative person, and he brought me up to be very questioning of the commercial world. He looked down on pop… — Marina and the Diamonds Copy Share Image
I was strictly after hits when it came down to the Jackson 5. That's all I was concerned with. — Deke Richards Copy Share Image
Down where I grew up, able-bodied people do that which we believe God created them to do. Work is a blessing; it's not a… — Steve Southerland Copy Share Image
