Classics Quote by Sam Wanamaker Download Open image “England is a mecca for actors who want to do the classics.” — Sam Wanamaker ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Classics England Mecca Theatre Want Who
Britain produces great actors because they learn on stage so know their stuff when they get on a movie set. — Jerry Weintraub Copy Share Image
Ultimately, to have a career in movies, to a certain extent, certainly in England, you can't sustain a career in just English movies. — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
Theres just a big group of actors in London. There are new ones coming in all the time, who are looking for work, and… — Rebecca Eaton Copy Share Image
The strength of British theatre should be that these actors in their middle years know what they're doing and are good at it. Not… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
A good part of why I never went back to England was part of that, I didn't want to be in those sort of… — Tim Roth Copy Share Image
Britain has enormous amount of talent, as we've seen from the BAFTAs. It's all here, and it has to be allowed to flourish. — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I actually find in America, there's a slight snobbery about actors who go back and forth between big heavy dramas and popcorn fare. That… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
I'd love to make films in England, and I tried to. I think there's a wealth of amazing talent and astonishing writing over here;… — David Slade Copy Share Image
You can't actually be just a movie actor in Britain, because we don't make that many movies. — David Thewlis Copy Share Image
If you come out of British TV, they're kind of saying, "Here's the keys to the kingdom. You are now going to go off… — Peter Webber Copy Share Image
Films about the English monarchy, they tend to have a lavishness, sumptuous imagery, it's all very posh and rich. — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
Frankly, the British always looked at this as a dumpy industrial area, but this was where Shakespeare lived and wrote and performed some of… — Sam Wanamaker Copy Share Image
That first replica of the Globe that I saw at the Chicago World's Fair was a suspect thing, made of plywood and papier-mache. But… — Sam Wanamaker Copy Share Image
I had been in 760 performances of 10 different Shakespeare plays by the time I was 17. — Sam Wanamaker Copy Share Image
In my teens, I saw a terrible production of 'Die Walkuere.' To a person of 15, it was just awful, and it put me… — Sam Wanamaker Copy Share Image
We hope the Bell Shakespeare Company will become an indigenous part of the Globe Shakespeare Centre in Australia. — Sam Wanamaker Copy Share Image
The Globe will become an automatic sight like the Tower of London and St. Paul's. — Sam Wanamaker Copy Share Image
Two planeloads of California actors and directors flew to Washington in support of the Hollywood Ten, and some of us, like John Garfield, came… — Sam Wanamaker Copy Share Image
Shakespeare is as naturally a part of American culture as it is the British culture; the Americans have a natural interest in their heritage. — Sam Wanamaker Copy Share Image
Of course, the Globe will be an international educational center as well as a theater. — Sam Wanamaker Copy Share Image
What I want is an international monument to the world's greatest playwright. It would be an attraction that would be both educational and an… — Sam Wanamaker Copy Share Image
“So it is that in our world hopes are thwarted at every turn and the people's lot is always pain.” — Royall Tyler Copy Share Image
Professors of classics - not even a professor of English - professors of classics, they're something sacred; it's almost like being a priest. — Erich Segal Copy Share Image
“You don't know what your life is, nor what you're doing, nor who you are.” — Euripides Copy Share Image
I like a lot of movies. I like all types of genres. I like the classics - comedy, action. — Danny Green Copy Share Image
“Poirot, watching him, felt suddenly a doubt--an uncomfortable twinge. Was there, here, something that he had missed? Some richness of the spirit? Sadness crept… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Betsy was so full of joy that she had to be alone. She went upstairs to her bedroom and sat down on Uncle Keith's… — Maud Hart Lovelace Copy Share Image
“Sin is the only real colour-element left in modern life.' 'You really must not say things like that before Dorian, Harry.' 'Before which Dorian?… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“They always looked back before turning the corner, for their mother was always at the window to nod and smile, and wave her hand… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
I can trace my interest in modern classics to the summer before art college. — Emma Healey Copy Share Image
