"I think Shakespeare is like a dialect. If……" — Ralph Fiennes
"I think Shakespeare is like a dialect. If I heard a broad Scots accent, I'd probably struggle at first but then I'd start to look for words I recognise and I'd get the gist. I think Shakespeare is like that."
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70 Quotes by Ralph Fiennes
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