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" 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. "
Kenneth Branagh
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" Sir Derek Jacobi has been an inspiration to so many actors and audiences throughout his brilliant career. To see him in Shakespeare is an event in itself. "
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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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" 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. "
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" 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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" How many times do you read about 'the Cinderella story,' the story of the underdog, the story of the ordinary human being, often subjected to cruelty and ignorance and neglect, who somehow triumphs? "
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" There's always something to think about in terms of problems that are dark and important and immediate and scary. "
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" Mozart had a tremendously fertile and creative ear for a catchy tune. "
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" The Chinese say, 'It's good to live in interesting times.' "
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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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" 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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Good
Me
" I went to a comprehensive school and didn't go to university. "
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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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" I've always loved the Bond films. "
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Loved
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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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" When you cast someone like Natalie Portman, the character can't just be the love interest. "
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" If you've done a brilliant version it becomes something else. "
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Brilliant
Done
Something
" 'Frankenstein' feels like an ancient tale, the kind of traditional story that appears in many other forms. "
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" I remember the first book I bought, when I was about 11... Dad said, 'What have you got that for? What are libraries for?' "
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You
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" 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. "
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Connections
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" I love thrillers, and I always have. "
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Always
" I'm always interested in contemporary fiction. "
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" I think what you're always looking for as artists is to be honest and to continue to be honestly driven by that which you are passionately engaged with. It should need not be forced. "
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" Life is about making plans from which you deviate, almost always. If you are lucky, you do come up with a plan. "
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" 'Thor' has got several big battles in it, a reckless, headstrong young hero who has to confront his past and deal with a complicated relationship with his father, it has lots of savage Europeans hacking each other to death at various points, and all of this sounded very much like 'Henry V.' "
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Third
Attempt
War