Desdemona Quote by Michelle Dockery

My father used to act in high school. He was in a production of 'Othello;' I don't know who he played, but it wasn't…

— Lupita Nyong'o

'Othello' is the most domestic of Shakespeare's tragedies and the one that's likely to strike a personal note with a lot of people watching…

— Andrew Davies

Shakespeare was the thing that started me off on that train, you know, and every one of his plays. There are so many different…

— Andrea Riseborough

I'd read Shakespeare in school, translated into isiXhosa, and loved the stories, but I hadn't realised before I started reading the English text how…

— John Kani

I'm quite sure Shakespeare enjoyed writing Iago much more than he did writing Othello. If you write about someone you love, what the hell…

— Henning Mankell

Juliet singles out Romeo. Desdemona claims Othello. They have no doubts, the young, no fear, no pride.

— Agatha Christie

“The best portrait of this psychology comes from that very dead, very white European male: William Shakespeare, in his Othello. Iago just hated Othello,…

— Stephen R.C. Hicks

I've been with Shakespeare all my life.

— Roger Rees

I've done 'Two Gentlemen of Verona,' I've understudied Iago in 'Othello.' I've done Mercutio in 'Romeo and Juliet.'

— Robert Englund

I look forward to the day when indigenous actors can play Hamlet and Ophelia and not just Othello and Desdemona.

— Shari Sebbens

I have always been a huge fan of Shakespeare.

— Ashish Sharma

Shakespeare is definitely my first love.

— Andre Holland