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"Jacobean plays, before Shakespeare, were particularly visceral."
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"It was easier to do Shakespeare than a lot of modern movie scripts that are so poorly written."
"I think Shakespeare had a lot to contribute with his understanding of the human condition."
"What if Shakespeare had had a test audience for Romeo and Juliet or Hamlet?"
"Was there ever such stuff as great as part of Shakespeare? Only one must not say so! But what think you? - What? - Is there not sad stuff? What? - What?"
"Shakespeare was not meant for taverns, nor for tavern louts."
"In speaking, for convenience, of devices and expedients, I did not intend to imply that Shakespeare always deliberately aimed at the effects which he produced."
"Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and you're a Shakespeare."
"Shakespeare is the one who gets re-interpreted most frequently."
"We have cut the text, but what remains are Shakespeare's words."
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"I think theatre is by far the most rewarding experience for an actor. You get 4 weeks to rehearse your character and then at 7:30 pm you start acting and nobody stops you, acting with your entire soul."
"I don't like to watch playback. But being on the set, watching the way the camera is being moved and the way the light is being used, you do get an idea of it."
"I care more about telly because it made me an actor and there's a much more immediate response to TV. You can address the political or cultural fabric of your country."
"Many times I've sat with a camera and another actor and seen all their fears and insecurities and struggles. You want to support them and help them as much as you can."
"On The Others, very atmospheric and probably mysterious is how I would say it felt to be on the set. It felt just a little uneasy, the atmosphere that we were trying to capture."
"I want to direct but I think I'd be bloody awful and I don't want to produce but I think I'd be a very good producer because if I believed in something I'd be able to protect it."
"I went being unemployed for three years to being the lead in a British feature in the days when we only made two a year, 1990. It was ridiculous really."
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