Irish - Actor | December 10, 1960 -
The records - what little we know about Shakespeare, including the records of the plays in his playhouse - were often the story of how quickly they came off if they didn't work. They had to move on. They were absolutely led by box office.
Kenneth Branagh
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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.
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The elasticity of Shakespeare is extraordinary.
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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.
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Music and language are a vital element. We, as actors and directors, offer it to people who want to experience it. Sometimes the actual meaning is less important than the words themselves.
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It's quite hard for people to just accept that they're very contradictory.
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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've done a brilliant version it becomes something else.
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If it's good art, it's good.
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I don't think Hamlet is mad, nor is he predisposed to be a gloomy or tragic figure.
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I don't know that there is too far, actually. I think there's only too bad. If it's bad you've gone too far.
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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.
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