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Samuel Barnett Quotes

English - Actor | April 25, 1980 -

I like all sorts of art, that's why I love wandering around The National Gallery.

Love Art Why Gallery Wandering Like

Acting is a sport - especially working with Mark Rylance. There is competition involved. I have to be muscular, challenging, get audiences on side. It's extraordinary how Globe audiences join in - it's like competing at an event - I love it.

Love Competition Acting Extraordinary

I feel like I've gotten more than a lot of people will ever get. I feel very fortunate.

People Feel Will More Fortunate Get

I never wanted to do Shakespeare; I never liked watching it, it's always frightened me, and I've never been any good at it. But I really wanted to work with the director Tim Carroll and Mark Rylance.

Work Good Me Never Watching Always

I've definitely learned that if you want to have power as a woman in Shakespeare's time, and it's still relevant today, that you have to play a different game than men play, and you have to be a lot cleverer.

Today Power Time Men Woman Game

Like the Elizabeth I play, Queen Elizabeth is a monarch who actually moves with the times. She gets new information, assimilates it, and changes in order the fit in with the way the world is moving. I admire that.

Queen Moving World Information Play

I have been out of drama school for 13 years, so there are 13 years' worth of graduates behind me.

School Me Worth Drama Years Out

This industry isn't fair. It doesn't owe anybody a career. It's just about luck, determination, and showing up and being professional. The rest is out of your hands.

Determination Luck Rest Showing Up

It's like saying French shouldn't be taught because you don't understand it because it's new. Shakespeare is just like learning a new, exciting language.

Learning Saying Language You New

I have my own faith which I've developed. It's non-denominational. I don't even know if it's about God.

God Faith Know My Own Own Even

Are men and women different creatures? Do we feel things differently? Being a man, I can't know what a woman feels.

Women Men Woman Man Feel Know

Obviously we had to study Shakespeare at school, but to be honest, I was not a fan. I found the language very difficult, and I didn't enjoy watching it or studying it. I auditioned five times for the Royal Shakespeare Company early on in my career, and I didn't even get past the first rounds.

Past School Language Enjoy Early

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