Kenneth Branagh Quotes

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.

Kenneth Branagh

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: December 10, 1960

Topics

WorkGreatPeopleInspireActing

On the movie side of things, the difficulties come with so few movies being made, and when they are, it seems that it's a marketing game. Story sometimes takes a backseat to that one grand marketing idea.

Jim Rash

GameStoryMarketingSometimesSide

This is how a revolution begins. It begins when someone grows tired of standing idly by, waiting for history's arc to bend toward justice, and instead decides to give it a swift shove. It begins when a black seamstress named Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in the segregated South.

Jo Becker

HistoryJusticeManTiredWaiting

I'm all about entertaining and keeping a reader on the edge of their seat, so to me, the social issues have to be meaningful and give the book what's really 'at stake,' but ultimately it's not about them - it's always a personal story of everyday people thrust into life-threatening situations and having to perform heroic acts.

Andrew Gross

PeopleMeBookStoryEdgePersonal

I am involved with 'Write Girl,' which is such a great organization, because they go into inner city schools and work with underprivileged girls to pair them up with other writers. And it gets them learning to express themselves and become familiar with their own voice. They have a 100% success ratio getting those girls into college.

Melissa Rosenberg

WorkLearningSuccessGirlGreat

When I guard LeBron, I used to always want him to shoot, but he would just make the right play. He's legendary for making the right play, and it's really hard to guard when you're a team player.

Metta World Peace

TeamYouPlayWantHardRight

I would do a musical, but I can't sing.

Amanda Peet

SingWouldMusical

Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.

Amos Bronson Alcott

StrengthMeWeaknessStrengthen

Balaji is one of the most comforting working experiences I have had in my career.

Sriti Jha

CareerExperiencesComfortingWorking

I get ideas from my own personal experiences, from my imagination, and from my research and from old stories.

Mary Pope Osborne

ImaginationIdeasResearchPersonal

When 'The Pacific' came around, I had to audition the old-fashioned way. It was the casting director and then the producer and then another producer and another producer and then Spielberg and Hanks.

Joseph Mazzello

WayDirectorProducerOld-Fashioned

I believe the most compelling explanation of Obama's actions is that he is, just like his father, an anti-colonialist.

Dinesh D'Souza

FatherBelieveI BelieveJustLike

The football in Spain is more about skill and technique. Every team tries to play good football. The physical side, with plenty of running and hard tackling, plays more of a role in the Bundesliga.

Arjen Robben

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