Royal Quote by Trevor Nunn

My background is in largely in theatre and acting. I grew up in a town with a well-respected Shakespeare Festival, and I fell in…

— Matt Ross

I always ended up having the funny part in Shakespeare, but I really thought I'd be doing theater. That was my ambition for myself.

— Jane Lynch

I didn't particularly aim to be a Shakespeare actor, but I suppose I had a certain gift or it; I certainly got offered lots…

— Mark Rylance

It took a while to decide I wanted to do Hamlet. It wasn't that I was daunted - I'd been acting professionally since my…

— Jonathan Pryce

I had been in a Shakespeare company for three years and done a lot of Shakespeare. That was fun. That was interesting.

— William Shatner

I not only loved studying theater, I loved being a theater major. It gave me an excuse to brood, to grow a beard, to…

— Stephen Colbert

It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in England. They…

— Felicity Kendal

I had a good theater career for years. I played Hamlet when I was 22, and I've played some really great roles.

— Jason Gann

As You Like It' was the first Shakespeare production I ever did.

— Zoe Wanamaker

I wanted to go to drama school really badly, but I'd never been to a theatre. I had no knowledge of Shakespeare. Never been…

— Jamie Demetriou

It was a wonderful experience to live the life for a year; to spend all day doing Shakespeare and then do a play in…

— Phil Daniels

I've done classical theaters. I played Hamlet myself and Romeo.

— Damian Lewis