Irish - Actor | December 10, 1960 -
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.
Kenneth Branagh
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I started being interested in acting when I heard the voices of Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud and Sir Alec Guinness. I've had the great privilege of working with Sir Derek Jacobi and Sir Anthony Hopkins. These are people who inspire the work that I do.
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There are some amazing stories from all over this country, where people's work and contribution has been acknowledged. To be part of that is an absolutely fantastic feeling.
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I don't find myself so exercised by a desperation to be new.
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My dad, for the first 15 years of my career, on every visit he made to a play or a film set, would find the oldest person on set and say, 'Do you think my son has a future?'
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The BAFTA is both absolutely fantastic and sort of meaningless at the same time.
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Being Irish, I always had this love of words.
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My parents are the reason I wanted to make Shakespeare available to ordinary people.
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I did not expect to be allowed to be an actor, to be allowed to eventually direct things.
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I only got 'War and Peace' on the third attempt.
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I have a pathetic urge at some stage in my life to be able to pull out my wallet and pull out a little card on which it would say, 'Kenneth Branagh, artistic director.'
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Mozart had a tremendously fertile and creative ear for a catchy tune.
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