Shakespeare Quotes

“There's always a secret in a Shakespeare play.”

“Shakespeare is a writer of opposites. He will always give you a contrary.”

“Rhythm is not a metronome. It's the heartbeat of the character.”

“Shakespeare is the grandfather of all playwrights.”

“You can’t do Shakespeare unless you love the verse. It’s the music of the play.”

“Shakespeare is the best writer, a great storyteller.”

“I always thought that as a Scottish actor, I'd have to do some Shakespeare.”

“When in doubt, speak the verse as if it’s prose and the prose as if it’s verse.”

“Shakespeare is the Canon. He sets the standard and the limits of literature.”

“The thing about Shakespeare is, he's so eloquent... He speaks the unspoken.”

“All the world's a stage, and the stage is a world of pasteboard.”

“Shakespeare is the cornerstone of our language, and it's also our greatest export.”

“Francis Bacon, of St. Albans, was the greatest and most highly accomplished man who ever lived.”

“It’s very easy to put Shakespeare on a pedestal... But in fact he was a jobbing playwright who had to get bums on seats. We’re in the same business.”

“Shakespeare is my first love. That's where my heart is.”

“If you speak verse, you have to find the human truth in it, and the human truth is not always pretty.”

“I think Shakespeare is everybody's birthright. He is, just like the blues, just like jazz, an American tradition.”

“Shakespeare is the best. It's the best language, the best stories.”

“The great thing about Shakespeare is that he keeps us honest.”

“The best of Shakespeare's plays are the most inclusive.”