Character Quote by Michael Shanks

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

When I think of all the Hamlets I've seen, there's been a load of different styles, some marvellous. You like the Hamlet you saw…

— Eileen Atkins

If I ever play Hamlet, it'll be in a dress!

— Matt Lucas

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

I was not the young heroic model for 'Hamlet.' I tended to play those characters that orbited around them: the rogues and the rat…

— Geoffrey Rush

No one ever asked me to play Hamlet. I don't think I'm right for the part, but it would have been nice to be…

— Al Pacino

That's why so many people want to play Hamlet: because it's a completely demarked role, and the actor playing it has to be prepared,…

— Cate Blanchett

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 a real ensemble piece: you have to realise that he's just one part of the story.

— Jonathan Pryce

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

Every young actor wants to do 'Hamlet' on the West End. Why? Because they can bring something to it.

— Martin Landau

You'd never play Hamlet if you started worrying about who's played it before you.

— Matthew Macfadyen