Kenneth Branagh Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Friendship is one of the most tangible things in a world which offers fewer and fewer supports.”
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“Variety is very, very good. Going from medium to medium, if you get the chance to do it, from theater to television to film, which are all distinctly different, keeps me sharp.”
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“One of the things that makes Hamlet unique among Shakespeare's characters is his courage to face up to the darker elements of his personality.”
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“I think that a lot of exciting elements are finding a place where a film is happily, truly about something.”
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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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“Even if people are all from the same place, there can be very, very different approaches. It's one of the things I'm fascinated by. It's why I like directing. I like to see how different people approach trying to be truthful, on camera or in the theater, and whether you can make them match up.”
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“Adults are just children who earn money.”
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“Sometimes it comes out in what I call tricksy behavior. That's not always easy to deal with, but it's fascinating. The key thing is to make sure that somebody's tricks don't trip up somebody else.”
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“If you've been to Moscow, it's a really exciting and great city, but it still feels like you should be a little careful about which way you're going to step.”
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“It doesn't mean old or younger. I've learned a lot from people much younger than me as well as people much older than me. So I think it's about honesty and generosity.”
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“I think the best actors are the most generous, the kindest, the greatest people and at their worst they are vain, greedy and insecure.”
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“I don’t feel in a kind of race or competition with him or anybody else, because that kind of reactive thing isn’t good, or isn’t useful for natural creative instincts”
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“I come from the theatre, my bones are in the theatre; it’s as natural as breathing to want to be in the theatre”
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“I wanted to have a place and a space, and a building, in which to create a season of work I am here because the idea of a theatrical home is very appealing to me”
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“We're self obsessed and mad and stupid - not that other people can't be the same way - but the extremes are kind of honest in some mad way. Anyway, I like them.”
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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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“I feel more Irish than English. I feel freer than British, more visceral, with a love of language. Shot through with fire in some way. That's why I resist being appropriated as the current repository of Shakespeare on the planet. That would mean I'm part of the English cultural elite, and I am utterly ill-fitted to be.”
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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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“As soon as someone I don’t respect tells me I can’t do something, it just makes me want to do it even more.”
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“The best actors, I think, have a childlike quality. They have a sort of an ability to lose themselves. There's still some silliness.”
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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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“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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“The elasticity of Shakespeare is extraordinary.”
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“The glory of 70mm is the sharpness of the image it offers.”
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“The long version of the play is actually an easier version to follow. In all of the cut versions the intense speeches are cut too close together for the audience and the actors.”
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“Truth is like most opinions - best unexpressed.”
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“It's very strange that the people you love are often the people you're most cruel to.”
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