Celebrities Quote by Richard Flanagan

Shakespeare is still Shakespeare because story rules.

— Eric Bischoff

I have no interest in Shakespeare and all that British nonsense... I just wanted to get famous and all the rest is hogwash.

— Anthony Hopkins

Nobody knows anything about Shakespeare the person. It's all legend, it is all rumor.

— Jeanette Winterson

Shakespeare is so fundamental to the way we see story. A tremendous amount of narratives come from him - more than many authors are…

— Rebecca Serle

Shakespeare fascinated me. He hardly ever left the country. His imagination was worldwide though reading.

— Michael Tippett

I'll bet Shakespeare compromised himself a lot; anybody who's in the entertainment industry does to some extent.

— Christopher Isherwood

There are a lot of theories about Shakespeare.

— Christina Ricci

Shakespeare is universal.

— Harold Bloom

Because British actors hold Shakespeare in such great reverence, we tend to go for the word, which tends to make things very intellectual.

— Geraldine James

Everybody gets a little dose of Shakespeare. He's the greatest playwright in the English language, but his politics are fairly square.

— Alex Cox

Particularly for English people, Shakespeare is always at the forefront of both drama and the English language. He's always been there. I can't remember…

— Jamie Campbell Bower

Shakespeare was very political, but he was also a fabulous entertainer. That's where his genius comes in as a playwright.

— Adrian Dunbar