Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" Carrying a movie is both a great privilege, it's a great opportunity, but it can be a great pressure, and sometimes that can make people behave very oddly. "

Kenneth Branagh

Related Quotes:

" 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. "

Kenneth Branagh

" 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. "

Kenneth Branagh

" I suppose, at 50, you value things in a different way. So you value connections, you value your friendships, you value your health, and you are much more aware of time passing. "

Kenneth Branagh

" 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. "

Kenneth Branagh

" In Northern Ireland, I truly, effortlessly, knew who I was. I knew where I belonged. I felt completely and utterly secure. "

Kenneth Branagh

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

Kenneth Branagh

" I did not expect to be allowed to be an actor, to be allowed to eventually direct things. "

Kenneth Branagh

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

Kenneth Branagh

" I went to Moscow and met some slightly powerful and scary people. "

Kenneth Branagh

" I think television goes through phases, like other creative arts, where suddenly a group of people are producing exciting work all at once. "

Kenneth Branagh

" My definition of success is control. "

Kenneth Branagh

" Certainly, I'm excited by epic subjects. It doesn't particularly frighten me. "

Kenneth Branagh

" If it's good art, it's good. "

Kenneth Branagh

" What you want is the opportunity to work and an audience. Prizes after that are just a great big bonus. "

Kenneth Branagh

" What happens is that with difficult processes on a film, they get very intensely compressed because a clock is ticking. "

Kenneth Branagh

" I'm just a normal working class boy from Belfast. "

Kenneth Branagh

" When you cast someone like Natalie Portman, the character can't just be the love interest. "

Kenneth Branagh

" I don't think Hamlet is mad, nor is he predisposed to be a gloomy or tragic figure. "

Kenneth Branagh

" There's always something to think about in terms of problems that are dark and important and immediate and scary. "

Kenneth Branagh

" Life is surreal and beautiful. "

Kenneth Branagh

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

Kenneth Branagh

" 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. "

Kenneth Branagh

" So many plays with magic in them that would be a terrific invitation to an imaginative animation team. "

Kenneth Branagh

" I love thrillers, and I always have. "

Kenneth Branagh

" 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. "

Kenneth Branagh

" It's very strange that the people you love are often the people you're most cruel to. "

Kenneth Branagh

" Lighten up, just enjoy life, smile more, laugh more, and don't get so worked up about things. "

Kenneth Branagh

" Life is about making plans from which you deviate, almost always. If you are lucky, you do come up with a plan. "

Kenneth Branagh

" I loved 'Kundun.' "

Kenneth Branagh

" 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