Ambition Quote by Roman Polanski

For me, what Macbeth is about is people who cannot face their fears and pain and instead of facing them and going beyond, they…

— Marion Cotillard

'Macbeth,' I am ambivalent about. I don't like that play, in fact.

— Naseeruddin Shah

[Macbeth] is historically set in a place depicted by Shakespeare as brutal and violent, incredibly superstitious, and that's something that I do believe is…

— James McAvoy

With every character it's interesting. If you play Macbeth, people have seen and read Shakespeare and see dozens of actors play that role. In…

— Simone Missick

'Macbeth' is an amazing story.

— Andy Serkis

'Macbeth' is one of those books that demand all of your attention.

— Mannie Fresh

Macbeth is contending with the realities of this world, Hamlet with those of the next.

— Jones Very

I don't think of 'Macbeth' as the villain. I don't think of 'King Lear' as the villain. I don't think of 'Hamlet' as the…

— Damien Chazelle

We just don't need any more 'Macbeth's in the world, however brilliant mine might turn out to be.

— John Tiffany

I read Macbeth as a secondary student in Nigeria and it was like an African play to me. It had all the right elements…

— Sefi Atta

When you're a young man, Macbeth is a character part. When you're older, it's a straight part.

— Laurence Olivier

Performing a one-man Macbeth feels like the greatest challenge.

— Alan Cumming