Kenneth Branagh Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“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.”

“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. What works in one doesn't work in the other, and you have to be looking for the truth of the performance, whatever way that medium might demand.”

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

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

“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.”

“In the hands of a great poet, words have ways of affecting us in ways we don't understand.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”