Actor Quote by Tim Pigott-Smith

Entirely incidentally, a little-known fact about Shakespeare is that his father moved to Stratford-upon-Avon from a nearby village shortly before his son's birth. Had…

— Bill Bryson

I belonged to Stratford Children's Theater when I was a boy growing up in Manchester. Even then, I was always doing character parts.

— John Mahoney

Mr. William Shakespeare was born at Stratford upon Avon in the county of Warwick. His father was a butcher, and I have been told…

— John Aubrey

I trained as an actor in London and went to Mountview Conservatory, as it was called then, and lived there for eleven years.

— Josh Dallas

My first acquaintance with 'Peter Pan' was back when I lived in South London. I was at art school, and I needed to earn…

— Roger Rees

Believe it or not, Jack Lemmon was my inspiration. I saw him in 'Mr. Roberts' at the Stratford theater. I was just 21 or…

— Bob Crane

I had a fabulous teacher, my headmistress's husband, who taught Shakespeare for A-level, and then I found this person called William Shakespeare and a…

— Geraldine James

I learned from master teachers at the University of Evansville, at Juilliard, at Shakespeare festivals all over the country, eventually landing at Shakespeare in…

— Carrie Preston

When I was 16, I played Tallulah in 'Bugsy Malone' at the Queen's Theatre. Me and five others shared a flat together in Blackheath.…

— Sheridan Smith

I remember spending time in Stratford growing up with all that company running round and putting on silly hats and just having fun all…

— Tom Burke

Shakespeare wouldn't have been any good if he'd stayed in Stratford. He had to go to London to be bathed in the full current…

— John Dos Passos

I was in several Shakespeare in the Park productions in my younger years, but I've been busy with other things for a while.

— Elizabeth Marvel