Business Quote by Samuel Barnett
“Obviously we had to study Shakespeare at school, but to be honest, I was not a fan. I found the language very difficult, and I didn't enjoy watching it or studying it. I auditioned five times for the Royal Shakespeare Company early on in my career, and I didn't even get past the first rounds.”
![“[Elijah Wood] has got such a broad outlook. It's so much bigger than just the acting industry.” quote by Samuel Barnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b70/samuel-barnett-15432_acting_elijah-wood-has-got-such-a-broad-outlook_80760.jpg)
![“[Elijah Wood] is a really fully-rounded, amazing human being, and I feel incredibly lucky, especially given how closely we have to work together.” quote by Samuel Barnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/58e/samuel-barnett-15432_elijah_elijah-wood-is-a-really-fully-rounded-am_218285.jpg)
![“The great irony to Dirk [Gently] is that he sees connections in everything, but the one thing he fails and struggles with most is connecting with other people.” quote by Samuel Barnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2f5/samuel-barnett-15432_connecting_the-great-irony-to-dirk-gently-is-that-h_456550.jpg)
![“[Dirk Gently] just doesn't understand social cues.” quote by Samuel Barnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/435/samuel-barnett-15432_dirk-gently_dirk-gently-just-doesn-t-understand-soci_547010.jpg)
![“One of the joys of this show [Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency] is that each of those characters could be starring in their own show. It's only as the show goes on that you realize how they interconnect. They're all moving towards one another inexorably, to meet at a certain point.” quote by Samuel Barnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/062/samuel-barnett-15432_agency_one-of-the-joys-of-this-show-dirk-gently_585917.jpg)
![“I think Dirk [Gently] thinks that he's a brilliant detective, but he's the worst detective, ever. He does have this particular skill, which I suppose you might call a really bad superpower because it's just not very helpful. He is able to sense the connections between things and he's nearly always…” quote by Samuel Barnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/296/samuel-barnett-15432_able_i-think-dirk-gently-thinks-that-he-s-a-b_728231.jpg)
![“[S]ometimes, when you are a food person, the possible irrelevance of what you are doing doesn’t cross your mind until it’s too late. (Once, for example, when I was just starting out in the food business, I was hired by the caper people to develop a lot of recipes using capers, and it was weeks of…” quote by Nora Ephron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d79/nora-ephron-1217_business_s-ometimes-when-you-are-a-food-person-th_980.jpg)
![“If the State does not acquire supremacy over [vast private] enterprises, it becomes their puppet, and they become the real State.” quote by Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bad/bertrand-russell-69_acquire_if-the-state-does-not-acquire-supremacy_1379.jpg)