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" I've always loved pure, silly slapstick comedy. It always makes me laugh. "

Kenneth Branagh

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" I think the best actors are the most generous, the kindest, the greatest people and at their worst they are vain, greedy and insecure. "

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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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" 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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" 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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" 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. "

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" We're self obsessed and mad and stupid - not that other people can't be the same way - but the extremes are kind of honest in some mad way. Anyway, I like them. "

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" When you cast someone like Natalie Portman, the character can't just be the love interest. "

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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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" The glory of 70mm is the sharpness of the image it offers. "

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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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" The elasticity of Shakespeare is extraordinary. "

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

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" So many plays with magic in them that would be a terrific invitation to an imaginative animation team. "

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" 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. "

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

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

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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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" It's very strange that the people you love are often the people you're most cruel to. "

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

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