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" I saw Derek Jacobi play Hamlet when I was 17, and he directed me as Hamlet when I was 27, and I directed him as Claudius in 'Hamlet' when I was 35, and I'm hoping we meet again in some other production of Hamlet before we both toddle off. "

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" The elasticity of Shakespeare is extraordinary. "

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

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

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

" I remember the first book I bought, when I was about 11... Dad said, 'What have you got that for? What are libraries for?' "

" I have a pathetic urge at some stage in my life to be able to pull out my wallet and pull out a little card on which it would say, 'Kenneth Branagh, artistic director.' "

" 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. "

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

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

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" Life is surreal and beautiful. "

" I think in the wake of the domination of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, everyone is now looking for a grand plan. "

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

" I only really cast people who are desperate to be in it - who were dying to be in it, whose talent I believed in and were dead ready to do the work that was necessary. "

" 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.' "

" I'm basically quite a cheerful person. "

" You go to the airport and look at the bookstand, and you feel the titles are similar, the covers are similar, and you wonder how they can be different. "

" In 'Henry V,' the story of the assumption of true and responsible leadership by Henry I think is hard-won. He has to lose friends; he has to risk his life. "

" I've always loved the Bond films. "

" I did 'Love's Labour's Lost' in the theater and found it to be riotously funny. "

" I come from the theatre; my bones are in the theatre. It's as natural as breathing to want to be in the theatre. "

" 'Jack Ryan' is a very fast-paced, very contemporary, very action-driven thriller. "

" I'm always interested in contemporary fiction. "

" I would say my voice is actor-neutral. "

" In any given project, there are a few moments where there is the usual disappointment, as it were, when you look in the mirror, and you realize you're not 23 and looking like Brad Pitt. "

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

" 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. "

" I did not make this a long film for its own sake. I wanted to make an entertaining film and offer it out there for those who want to see it. If word of mouth suggests there is an audience out there, hopefully their cinema will show it. "

" A brother who is unhappy is a dangerous relative to have. "

" You can't live in nostalgia-land. "

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