Ability Quote by Paterson Joseph

With Othello, Shakespeare posed this problem of a black man in a white society in the role that he's playing. And Shakespeare gave Othello…

— Paul Robeson

I played Othello, but I didn't sit around thinking how Laurence Olivier did it when he played it. That wouldn't do me any good.

— Denzel Washington

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

I've played almost every lead character from Henry VI to Othello. I'm dying to tackle Richard III sometime.

— Ted Lange

Othello' was my first Shakespearean discovery. I was obsessed with drama at school, and I studied the play for my English GCSE. Desdemona is…

— Michelle Dockery

Here was a man with loads of talent, loads of ability, lots of love to give; but that had been stifled and aborted. I…

— Michael Zaslow

It was wonderful to be able to play a character who had so many colors and who was able to play comedy, to play…

— John Noble

'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

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

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

— Shari Sebbens

I'd like to do more Shakespeare. I'd like to do Iago in Othello. I look so benign. It would be interesting to see that…

— Kyle MacLachlan

I just loved playing a man who was unafraid of making an idiot of himself in the process of falling in love. I found…

— Ben Kingsley