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" Mozart had a tremendously fertile and creative ear for a catchy tune. "

Kenneth Branagh

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" 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. "

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" The best actors, I think, have a childlike quality. They have a sort of an ability to lose themselves. There's still some silliness. "

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" It's funny to be in rooms where you were originally referred to as 'The Shakespeare Guy' and to suddenly be in the position where you're 'The Blockbuster Guy.' That's a pretty unusual turnabout, I must say. "

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

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" 'Frankenstein' feels like an ancient tale, the kind of traditional story that appears in many other forms. "

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

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" If you've done a brilliant version it becomes something else. "

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" 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. "

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" To look out of a car in Scania, you see a painting on the horizontal - one windmill, one tiny farmhouse, acres of beet or grass. "

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" 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. "

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" One of the things that makes Hamlet unique among Shakespeare's characters is his courage to face up to the darker elements of his personality. "

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" Lighten up, just enjoy life, smile more, laugh more, and don't get so worked up about things. "

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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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" The Chinese say, 'It's good to live in interesting times.' "

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

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

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

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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 read the final Wallander novel, 'The Troubled Man,' not long after it was published. "

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

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" I suppose that was my first bit of acting, the acquisition of an English accent. It was really just an attempt to be understood. "

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" Music and language are a vital element. We, as actors and directors, offer it to people who want to experience it. Sometimes the actual meaning is less important than the words themselves. "

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" I went to Moscow and met some slightly powerful and scary people. "

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