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" A lot of the films I've done have links to other movies that I've directed in the past. "

Kenneth Branagh

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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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" One of the problems with Shakespeare is that you can never give him a ring. "

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" I did 'Celebrity' by Woody Allen. I did 'The Gingerbread Man' with Robert Altman. These were big talents. "

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" I was studying at the Royal Academy of Arts, and I was playing the role of Dr. Ivan Chebutikin in Chekov's 'Three Sisters.' I was about 50 years too young for the part. "

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" A creative and artistic home is what I've been looking for in the theatre. "

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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 think A Midsummer Night's Dream would be terrific because of the transformations that occur. Or The Tempest, things like that. Extraordinary larger than life or supernatural element. "

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" The elasticity of Shakespeare is extraordinary. "

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" I think we love the escapism of something like 'Cinderella,' and I think we do with 'Thor.' "

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" 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. "

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" My parents are the reason I wanted to make Shakespeare available to ordinary people. "

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" My experience of great storytelling, working with classics, is just finding a way to present it simply but let the story do its own work, or be an invite to the audience's imagination. "

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" My definition of success is control. "

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" I think I do have a way of predicting - not always accurately - what is a nerve-wracking day for actors, what may be a difficult scene or a difficult moment, how small - and it may be down to one line - a thing maybe that is upsetting or undermining a performance. "

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" What I've found about 'Cinderella' is that what it provokes in an audience is really extraordinary. It appears to be a deceptively simple tale, but I've heard nothing but people drawing all different things out of it. "

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" I've always loved pure, silly slapstick comedy. It always makes me laugh. "

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" I live in the English countryside, so I'm surrounded by magpies. "

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" I went to a comprehensive school and didn't go to university. "

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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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