Ability Quote by Rita Dove

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

— Michael Tippett

I have always been an impassioned advocate for the works of Shakespeare. I regard him as one of the most complete miracles of his…

— Stephen Fry

I think Shakespeare had a lot to contribute with his understanding of the human condition,

— Sharon Gless

My earliest influence was Shakespeare - I read Shakespeare incessantly as a kid.

— Don Winslow

I studied Shakespeare all through high school. Both of my parents teach English and history, so it has always been around my experience as…

— Xavier Samuel

I fell in love with Shakespeare when I was 12, and I read the whole works. Yes, I was precocious.

— Claire Tomalin

You can find a connection with any Shakespeare role you play.

— Michelle Dockery

Anything that brings people to see Shakespeare is fine by me. He's the great humanist.

— Ray Fearon

I have grown up loving Shakespeare.

— Ralph Fiennes

I loved reading when I was young. I was just completely taken by stories. And I remember taking that into English literature at school…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

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

Anything one can do to provoke and inspire an interest in the works of Shakespeare in a young audience is fair game. Anything.

— Tim Crouch