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"In the hands of a great poet, words have ways of affecting us in ways we don't understand."
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"If you say a word against a 'sensitive' person, it will have an immediate effect. In reality, words are simply a 'record' playing."

"The world's most lethal venom is not found on the tongues of serpents, but on the tongues of a disgruntled wife."

"'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.'"
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"Maybe the words that I say is just another way to pray."

"All Bridget Jones did was give us a word for it - singleton - which was the worst possible thing."
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"I like to cast actors I admire, one's that are talented. Each one will bring something new to the part. This play has been done thousands of times and now certain characters are too familiar."

"I do think that, for instance, we've been very lucky to have theatrical careers and be associated with Shakespeare which sometimes gives you a kind of bogus kudos."

"So many plays with magic in them that would be a terrific invitation to an imaginative animation team."

"I did not make this a long film for its own sake. I wanted to make an entertaining film and offer it out there for those who want to see it. If word of mouth suggests there is an audience out there, hopefully their cinema will show it."

"I think A Midsummer Night's Dream would be terrific because of the transformations that occur. Or The Tempest, things like that. Extraordinary larger than life or supernatural element."

"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."

"Actors are the best and the worst of people. They're like kids. When they're good, they're very very good. When they're bad they're very very naughty."

"I only really cast people who are desperate to be in it - who were dying to be in it, whose talent I believed in and were dead ready to do the work that was necessary."
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