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" 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. "

Kenneth Branagh

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

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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 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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" 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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" 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 BAFTA is both absolutely fantastic and sort of meaningless at the same time. "

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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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" For a nanosecond in the pre-Internet pre-digital age, I was a hot young actor, in the sense of popular, and then it passed. "

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

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

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

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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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" 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. "

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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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" In the course of my lifetime, that world went from violence to a kind of peace. "

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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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" I'm always interested in contemporary fiction. "

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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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" What you want is the opportunity to work and an audience. Prizes after that are just a great big bonus. "

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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 come from the theatre; my bones are in the theatre. It's as natural as breathing to want to be in the theatre. "

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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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" 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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