#shakes

Anything well written with good language and clarity and honesty is worth doing. It comes out of the same tradition as Shakespeare. ↗

— Michael Moriarty

#clarity #comes #doing #good #honesty

There is some mysterious thing that goes on whereby, in the process of playing Shakespeare continuously, actors are surprised by the way the language actually acts on them. ↗

— Kenneth Branagh

#actually #continuously #goes #language #mysterious

I think it's always funny when you see kids do Shakespeare. ↗

— Steve Coogan

#funny #i #i think #kids #see

To date or not to date that is the question. It's almost as important as Shakespeare's to be or not to be which deals with death. ↗

— Al Goldstein

#date #deals #death #important #question

I felt a little green, because Shakespeare writes the thought process within the text; it was tricky not to think of what to say and then say it, and instead just deliver the lines. ↗

— Neil Patrick Harris

#deliver #felt #green #i #instead

Shakespeare is the outstanding example of how that can be done. In all of Shakespeare's plays, no matter what tragic events occur, no matter what rises and falls, we return to stability in the end. ↗

— Charlton Heston

#end #events #example #falls #how

I'm fascinated by failure, and I'm fascinated by finality. Shakespeare's historical plays are more universal than his comedies because they relate to the finality of life. Without finality, life would not be beautiful. ↗

— George Hickenlooper

#because #comedies #failure #fascinated #finality

It's easier to do Shakespeare than Spelling, and I know that sounds crazy, because the challenge of Shakespeare is living up to Shakespeare, living up to that word, not failing, you know, where with Aaron Spelling it's like, just try to look good. Or maybe don't use Spelling there, that's bad. No - you can. He's dead. ↗

— Vincent Kartheiser

#aaron spelling #bad #because #challenge #crazy

Then I got out of the service, and I was going to be a Shakespearean actor. ↗

— Harvey Korman

#going #got #i #out #service

I was a pretentious child. I grew up without a television. I read a lot of books and I loved Shakespeare. Still do. ↗

— Emily Watson

#child #grew #i #lot #loved