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" One of the problems with Shakespeare is that you can never give him a ring. "
Kenneth Branagh
Him
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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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" 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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" The Chinese say, 'It's good to live in interesting times.' "
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" I've always loved the Bond films. "
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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 don't find myself so exercised by a desperation to be new. "
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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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" The long version of the play is actually an easier version to follow. In all of the cut versions the intense speeches are cut too close together for the audience and the actors. "
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" I live in the English countryside, so I'm surrounded by magpies. "
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" Even in the case of a god, audiences - paradoxically - enjoy recognizing the human traits. "
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" I'm interested in creating new work. "
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" I'm just a normal working class boy from Belfast. "
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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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Day
Moment
" Do you know what I feel about Dr. Who's? I feel the same way as I do about the Bonds. I love them all. I love them all! I don't have favorites. "
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" Variety is very, very good. Going from medium to medium, if you get the chance to do it, from theater to television to film, which are all distinctly different, keeps me sharp. "
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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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" 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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" I don't know that there is too far, actually. I think there's only too bad. If it's bad you've gone too far. "
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Know
" 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.' "
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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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" In the hands of a great poet, words have ways of affecting us in ways we don't understand. "
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" I was a big admirer of F.D.R. He saved Britain. "
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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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