Career Quote by Maggie Smith

My career is chequered. Then I think I got pigeon-holed in humor; Shakespeare is not my thing.

— Maggie Smith

I did study Shakespeare, that was sort of my thing; I got a Literature A-level, which is my only claim to academic fame.

— Paul McCartney

I do think that, for instance, we've been very lucky to have theatrical careers and be associated with Shakespeare which sometimes gives you a…

— Kenneth Branagh

Working on Shakespeare and learning about Shakespeare was the big takeaway for me.

— Andre Holland

In addition to comedy, I'm a writer. I write checks. They're not very good.

— Wendy Liebman

In every career, you are balancing or negotiating tricky waters. But, I think that's been something nice that comedy has been able to give…

— Anna Faris

With Shakespeare, because you invest so much time in working on material, it always sort of stays with you to some degree.

— Christian Cooke

I'm not a Shakespearean actor really, or a Shakespearean director.

— Sam Wanamaker

Well I was much too practical to presume to have a career in comedy.

— Bob Newhart

I've done a lot of Shakespeare as a young man; I was involved with Shakespeare and Company.

— Courtney B. Vance

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

I trained in Shakespeare, and that's all comedy, even when it's tragedy.

— Olivia Thirlby