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" 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
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" What you want is the opportunity to work and an audience. Prizes after that are just a great big bonus. "
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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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Knew
" I am very much looking forward to new adventures - including, I hope, Broadway - sooner rather than later. "
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" I've always loved pure, silly slapstick comedy. It always makes me laugh. "
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" I'll tell you what I'm grateful for, and that's the clarity of understanding that the most important things in life are health, family and friends, and the time to spend on them. "
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Grateful
Life
" 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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See
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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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" If it's good art, it's good. "
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Good
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" I'm interested in creating new work. "
Kenneth Branagh
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New
Creating
" 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
Value
Connections
Health
" I'm involved in Northern Ireland Screen and have been for a long time, so I keep my eyes open and ears to the ground. "
Kenneth Branagh
Eyes
Time
Open
" 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?' "
Kenneth Branagh
Career
You
Son
" Life is surreal and beautiful. "
Kenneth Branagh
Surreal
Beautiful
Life
" I did 'Celebrity' by Woody Allen. I did 'The Gingerbread Man' with Robert Altman. These were big talents. "
Kenneth Branagh
Celebrity
Big
Were
" When you cast someone like Natalie Portman, the character can't just be the love interest. "
Kenneth Branagh
Character
Love
Like
" 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
Young
Arts
Royal
" I think in the wake of the domination of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, everyone is now looking for a grand plan. "
Kenneth Branagh
Now
Plan
Think
" A lot of the films I've done have links to other movies that I've directed in the past. "
Kenneth Branagh
Other
Past
In The Past
" 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. "
Kenneth Branagh
People
Always
Fairy
" I've lived a lot of my life in London, so I often feel that I am a Londoner. "
Kenneth Branagh
I Am
London
Feel
" I think that short films often contain an originality, a creative freedom, an energy and an invention that is inspiring and entertaining. I think they are, as Shakespeare put it, a good deed in a naughty world. "
Kenneth Branagh
Good
Freedom
World
" Shakespeare's always on my dance card if it can be. "
Kenneth Branagh
Always
Shakespeare
Dance
" I went to Moscow and met some slightly powerful and scary people. "
Kenneth Branagh
Powerful
People
Moscow
" I live in the English countryside, so I'm surrounded by magpies. "
Kenneth Branagh
Live
English
Countryside
" 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
Think
Day
Moment
" I fondly remember good times working on 'Thor.' "
Kenneth Branagh
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Remember
" What I've found about 'Cinderella' is that what it provokes in an audience is really extraordinary. It appears to be a deceptively simple tale, but I've heard nothing but people drawing all different things out of it. "
Kenneth Branagh
People
Things
Simple
" The glory of 70mm is the sharpness of the image it offers. "
Kenneth Branagh
Glory
Sharpness
Image
" Lighten up, just enjoy life, smile more, laugh more, and don't get so worked up about things. "
Kenneth Branagh
Laugh
Smile
Enjoy
" I remember the first book I bought, when I was about 11... Dad said, 'What have you got that for? What are libraries for?' "
Kenneth Branagh
First
You
Book