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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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" In the case of 'Jack Ryan,' it was a huge collaboration, and I enjoyed it very much, and most of all, I want the audience to enjoy it, too. I want them to feel immersed in this world. "

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

" I choose to be inspired by things that have been done well in the past. So, I don't worry about being compared, because I think that does paralyze you. "

" 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. "

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

" The elasticity of Shakespeare is extraordinary. "

" I'm very conscious of the fact the directing career has taken some odd turns. Maybe there's enough bulk where I'm now pigeonholed in the 'eclectic box.' "

" For what it's worth, I enjoy 'Dexter,' 'Modern Family,' 'True Blood' and 'Breaking Bad.' I've enjoyed the wonderful 'The Pacific.' "

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

" I am very much looking forward to new adventures - including, I hope, Broadway - sooner rather than later. "

" 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. "

" 'Frankenstein' feels like an ancient tale, the kind of traditional story that appears in many other forms. "

" I don't know that there is too far, actually. I think there's only too bad. If it's bad you've gone too far. "

" I'm always interested in contemporary fiction. "

" Being Irish, I always had this love of words. "

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

" I was stuck in a wheelchair playing this deranged villain. I felt this mass amount of rage at being so confined. I thought, 'What can I do that is the direct opposite of this situation?' The only thing I could think of was that I could sing and dance. "

" 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. "

" If you've done a brilliant version it becomes something else. "

" I think that Shakespeare himself raided fairy tales and chronicle writers, and he always looked to people who worked in the mythic genres, whether it was folk tales or popular novels. "

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

" 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. "

" Actors are the best and the worst of people. They're like kids. When they're good, they're very very good. When they're bad they're very very naughty. "

" I've lived a lot of my life in London, so I often feel that I am a Londoner. "

" 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. "

" I liked the fact that 'My Week With Marilyn' wasn't a biopic. "

" I think that music is crucially important in Shakespeare - and, clearly, was an important part of the Elizabethan theatre. And, it's always been something that was a profound element of the experience of Shakespeare that I have been drawn to - and interpreters have, as well. "

" I don't find myself so exercised by a desperation to be new. "