Comedies Quote by Richard Herring

Doing Shakespeare once is not fair to the play. I have been in Shakespeare plays when it's not until the last two or three…

— Al Pacino

“Why do people who read Shakespeare still spend hours watching shitty TV or staring out of the window or arguing about whose dinner party…

— Glen Duncan

Who knows if Shakespeare might not have thought less if he had read more?

— Edward Young

It was easier to do Shakespeare than a lot of modern movie scripts that are so poorly written.

— Jessica Lange

My problem is that the audience is more fiction-literate than ever. In Shakespeare's day, you probably expected to see a play once or twice…

— Steven Moffat

If Shakespeare were alive today, he'd be doing sitcoms.

— Roger Rees

I do believe, and I will always believe, that Shakespeare on film is really something that should be tried more often because it is…

— Al Pacino

I think that one of the reasons Shakespeare withstands the test of time is that his themes are so universal.

— Rebecca Serle

Shakespeare has way too many lines. My ideal theatre piece is about 40 minutes long with no interval.

— Daniel Craig

One of the wonderful things about Shakespeare is that he trusted an audience to move quickly with him. One moment tragedy, the next comedy.

— Mariette Hartley

Maybe they say they do but I don't think many actors really enjoy trying to do a Shakespearean play.

— Renee O'Connor

I think Shakespeare got drunk after he finished King Lear. That he had a ball writing it.

— Louis Auchincloss