Actors Quote by Zoe Wanamaker

I'm not Shakespeare. I have no delusions of who I am, as a writer. I wrote a simply beautiful script that's a fun-filled, joyous…

— Steve Antin

I have a personal issue with Shakespeare. When I first encountered him, he made me feel thick. Well, not him, but the productions I…

— John Tiffany

Shakespeare is one of the reasons I've stayed an actor. Sometimes I spend full days doing Shakespeare by myself, just for the joy of…

— Al Pacino

I think American actors are much more intimidated by Shakespeare.

— Alan Cumming

It is difficult to restrain admirers of Shakespeare once they have begun to speak of him.

— Anonymous

When you're working class and you feel like you're a bit of a toerag, you think Shakespeare's not for you, you know?

— Lenny Henry

It's not that Shakespeare is frivolous, but you spend your time just getting people to dress up in other people's costumes and pretending to…

— Jonathan Miller

When you're playing Shakespeare, it forces you to think and feel and speak all at the same time, which really is what acting is.…

— Andre Holland

I had never done Shakespeare before, but I don't think you can be an actor and not do it. There were moments when I…

— Jessica Lange

Shakespeare teaches you how to act. You come out of this process as a better actor. It's just the nature of the words he…

— Condola Rashad

You could argue we are a different audience today,but on the other hand what is it that makes Shakespeare great? It is that he…

— Sam Wanamaker

I'll bet Shakespeare compromised himself a lot; anybody who's in the entertainment industry does to some extent.

— Christopher Isherwood