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" I'm a devotee of Stephen Sondheim. I think he's a genius. "

Kenneth Branagh

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" I did 'Celebrity' by Woody Allen. I did 'The Gingerbread Man' with Robert Altman. These were big talents. "

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" Even in the case of a god, audiences - paradoxically - enjoy recognizing the human traits. "

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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. "

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" Probably 90 percent of the stuff I make has inevitably been done before... Whether it's playing Hamlet, which has been on the go for 400 years, or pieces from the cinematic world that also have been essayed before, I feel released by that. "

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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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" It's quite hard for people to just accept that they're very contradictory. "

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

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" I only got 'War and Peace' on the third attempt. "

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

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" 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. "

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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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" There are some amazing stories from all over this country, where people's work and contribution has been acknowledged. To be part of that is an absolutely fantastic feeling. "

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

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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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" Friendship is one of the most tangible things in a world which offers fewer and fewer supports. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" I like to cast actors I admire, one's that are talented. Each one will bring something new to the part. This play has been done thousands of times and now certain characters are too familiar. "

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

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Looking Forward

" 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. "

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

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" 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. "

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" 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?' "

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

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

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" 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. "

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