Always Quote by Xavier Samuel

I did my English A level in England, and we studied Shakespeare. I had great, great high school teachers, and we parsed the text…

— Joss Whedon

I've done a lot of Shakespeare as a young man; I was involved with Shakespeare and Company.

— Courtney B. Vance

Particularly for English people, Shakespeare is always at the forefront of both drama and the English language. He's always been there. I can't remember…

— Jamie Campbell Bower

I think working on Shakespeare was a big part of my time at drama school. I'm so glad that I got to know Shakespeare…

— Andre Holland

I actually did Shakespeare when I was at North Carolina School of the Arts. I studied with Gerald Freedman and Mary Irwin - it…

— Billy Magnussen

Shakespeare was the main thing I did in my life from the age of 16 when I first played 'Hamlet' at school. I then…

— Mark Rylance

My background is somewhat unusual, as I trained to be a ballet dancer. I worked in the theatre for eight or nine years as…

— William Kempe

I did study Shakespeare, that was sort of my thing; I got a Literature A-level, which is my only claim to academic fame.

— Paul McCartney

Although I have been doing plays since I was 8 years old, it was only when I started doing Shakespeare at age 19 at…

— Carrie Preston

Obviously we had to study Shakespeare at school, but to be honest, I was not a fan. I found the language very difficult, and…

— Samuel Barnett

I grew up with it. As a young actor, I was always aware of the brilliant work of Shakespeare. We studied Romeo & Juliet…

— Ed Westwick

I fell in love with Shakespeare when I was 12, and I read the whole works. Yes, I was precocious.

— Claire Tomalin