Character Quote by Ted Lange

I would love to play Richard III.

— Peter Dinklage

I played Othello, but I didn't sit around thinking how Laurence Olivier did it when he played it. That wouldn't do me any good.

— Denzel Washington

My role 14 years ago in Richard III - that was the first time I played a bad guy and learned a lot about…

— Denzel Washington

Richard II is my dream part.

— Josh O'Connor

I was reluctant to play Othello. It seemed like such a 'black actor' cliche, but when I finally did, in my 40s, I related…

— Paterson Joseph

Anyone can play Henry VIII. I mean, even Robert Shaw... has played it.

— Richard Burton

My father used to act in high school. He was in a production of 'Othello;' I don't know who he played, but it wasn't…

— Lupita Nyong'o

I have felt some twinges recently, about parts I wanted to play that I may be getting too old and fat to do. 'Hamlet,'…

— Matthew Macfadyen

I would love to play Henry IV, Henry V, and Hamlet.

— Finn Wittrock

The trap in Hamlet is he's the most passive of Shakespeare's characters. He's not a Richard III, not out there taking a lot of…

— Kurt Sutter

I prefer to play the villain or the antihero.

— Scott Adkins

My favourite character was the Marquis de Carabas from Neil Gaiman's 'Neverwhere.' I love that character because he's so flamboyant but also darkly dangerous…

— Paterson Joseph