Shakespeare Quotes - page 5

Shakespeare, who is probably the greatest writer and poet of the English language, lived in a time that was politically very conservative and it's reflected in his writings. (Alex Cox)
Doing Shakespeare in the Park has always been a dream. Everyone else says Hamlet, but I want to play Romeo. View quote
Aaron Yoo
It was easy to believe, between lessons on Shakespeare and Dickens and Austen, that all of the great stories had already been written by dead Europeans. But every time I saw 'The Outsiders', I knew better. It was the first time I'd realized that real people write books. View quote
Ally Carter
Shakespeare very rarely makes the least attempt to surprise by his catastrophes. They are felt to be inevitable, though the precise way in which they will be brought about is not, of course, foreseen. View quote
Andrew Coyle Bradley
Shakespeare also introduces the supernatural into some of his tragedies; he introduces ghosts, and witches who have supernatural knowledge. View quote
Andrew Coyle Bradley
If Antarctica were music it would be Mozart. Art, and it would be Michelangelo. Literature, and it would be Shakespeare. And yet it is something even greater; the only place on earth that is still as it should be. May we never tame it. View quote
Andrew Denton
Shakespeare in Love... such smart writing of an alternative view of history, and such beautiful acting. Like most Americans, I'm a sucker for the accent. View quote
Anita Diament
I remain loyal to Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert in music and to Shakespeare and Jane Austen in literature. View quote
Anne Stevenson
Id love to get my teeth into Shakespeare. View quote
Antonia Thomas
You have to work with what you are given, even in Shakespeare. we have our form and it is important that we free ourselves through it. View quote
Ajay Naidu
Jacobean plays, before Shakespeare, were particularly visceral. (Christopher Eccleston)
I wasn't always such a great fan of Shakespeare, mind you. I can guess we all at one time had it rammed down our necks at school, which tends to take the edge off it. View quote
Christopher Eccleston
I played a little basketball, but basketball interfered with theater season. That's when we did our term plays and did nutshell versions of Shakespeare for English classes. And, believe me, I got a fair amount of looks from the guys on the team. 'You're in theater but you can play football?' View quote
Dennis Haysbert
A team is a team is a team. Shakespeare said that many times. View quote
Dan Devine
To judge therefore of Shakespeare by Aristotle's rule is like trying a man by the Laws of one Country who acted under those of another. View quote
Elizabeth Montagu
An actor should be ready to play any role within reason. For example, I think the most ridiculous thing for me to do would be to try and play Shakespeare. View quote
Glenn Ford
Wouldn't you like to have heard the voice of Shakespeare, or Jesus Christ? View quote
Henry Irving
I am not Shakespeare or Hemingway, but I have written stories on tennis that were brilliant. View quote
Ion Tiriac
I'd like to do a piece of Shakespeare. Any upcoming Shakespeare film. Just a bit to say I did a classic. View quote
Jim Varney
I didn't want to be the archetypal sponging brother-in-law, so I didn't go into acting when I got to the States. I thought, 'No, I'll go to school and then I'll be an English teacher; that'll be fun.' But I was horrible as a teacher. As hard as I tried, I just couldn't inspire those kids to take an interest in Milton and Shakespeare and Donne. View quote
John Mahoney
My parents were not at all backstage parents. We had none of that in the family. It was just very clear right away that I was an actor, even from 4 years old. I've never waited a table. I taught some - I'll teach classes in improv or Shakespeare, but there's some motor in me that needs to do that. (John Michael Higgins)
Most people don't know that I am an accomplished dramatic actor... But I've performed in several Shakespeare productions including Hamlet, except in this version, Hamlet lives in an apartment with two women, and has to pretend he's gay so that the landlord won't evict him. View quote
John Ritter
We read too much Shakespeare at school, and view our parliamentary politics as dynastic drama, in which an impatient crown prince frets at his long subordination and begins to scheme for the throne he knows he merits, was promised and has earned. View quote
James Buchan
I did Shakespeare in college and the nerves I got doing Shakespeare are the same nerves I get doing 'Mad Men.' View quote
Kristoffer Polaha
You can't do Shakespeare with a Southern accent, honey. View quote
Katy Mixon