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" At the end of every stage performance, the audience all applaud me for doing my job, but I have friends who work in offices who don't get that. "
Kenneth Branagh
Me
Work
Performance
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" It's funny to be in rooms where you were originally referred to as 'The Shakespeare Guy' and to suddenly be in the position where you're 'The Blockbuster Guy.' That's a pretty unusual turnabout, I must say. "
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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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" 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 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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" I did 'Celebrity' by Woody Allen. I did 'The Gingerbread Man' with Robert Altman. These were big talents. "
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Were
" Sometimes I used to think to myself, 'Have I lost a sense of humor?' but I don't think that I have. I think one can be as snarky and sarcastic as lots of people, but I have never found that it makes me particularly happy. "
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" In Northern Ireland, I truly, effortlessly, knew who I was. I knew where I belonged. I felt completely and utterly secure. "
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Who
Knew
" If you've done a brilliant version it becomes something else. "
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Done
Something
" I like to cast actors I admire, one's that are talented. Each one will bring something new to the part. This play has been done thousands of times and now certain characters are too familiar. "
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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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" It's very strange that the people you love are often the people you're most cruel to. "
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" Shakespeare is rhythmic; he is musical in the sense that he likes poetry, and he's musical because he constantly refers to settings where there's singing and dancing. "
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Because
" Lighten up, just enjoy life, smile more, laugh more, and don't get so worked up about things. "
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Smile
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" For a nanosecond in the pre-Internet pre-digital age, I was a hot young actor, in the sense of popular, and then it passed. "
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" In the course of my lifetime, that world went from violence to a kind of peace. "
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" I'm basically quite a cheerful person. "
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" I am very much looking forward to new adventures - including, I hope, Broadway - sooner rather than later. "
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Looking
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