Act Quote by Michael Morpurgo

I had never done Shakespeare before, but I don't think you can be an actor and not do it. There were moments when I…

— Jessica Lange

I'm not Shakespeare. I have no delusions of who I am, as a writer. I wrote a simply beautiful script that's a fun-filled, joyous…

— Steve Antin

I wanted to write plays. I was at Yale graduate school at the time for English literature, not for acting... I liked the idea…

— David Duchovny

When I first started acting, and we would all sit down and talk about Shakespeare and how great it was. I thought well, I…

— Judy Davis

Shakespeare is one of the reasons I've stayed an actor. Sometimes I spend full days doing Shakespeare by myself, just for the joy of…

— Al Pacino

I've been doing some Shakespeare acting classes - and I really enjoyed it. I never thought that would be something I would say, but…

— Kevin Clifton

I didn't particularly aim to be a Shakespeare actor, but I suppose I had a certain gift or it; I certainly got offered lots…

— Mark Rylance

I found that the more I'd done Shakespeare, and the more I trusted my instincts and applied the same rules you would apply to…

— Tom Sturridge

If I'd succeeded right away at acting I wouldn't have sought out writing.

— Sylvester Stallone

Doing Shakespeare once is not fair to the play. I have been in Shakespeare plays when it's not until the last two or three…

— Al Pacino

All I ever wanted to do was be on stage, if possible acting in Shakespeare. And to be as good as I could be.

— Patrick Stewart

Doing Shakespeare certainly makes you a better actor.

— James Avery