Kenneth Branagh Quotes
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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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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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At the end of every stage performance, the audience all applaud me for doing my job, but I have friends who work in offices who don't get that.
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I think that music is crucially important in Shakespeare - and, clearly, was an important part of the Elizabethan theatre. And, it's always been something that was a profound element of the experience of Shakespeare that I have been drawn to - and interpreters have, as well.
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A brother who is unhappy is a dangerous relative to have.
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I had a friend who introduced me to a meditation practice which involves a couple of half-hours a day of meditation, where essentially you try to achieve a stillness that allows you to just be there in the moment.
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I only got 'War and Peace' on the third attempt.
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I don't find myself so exercised by a desperation to be new.
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Even in the case of a god, audiences - paradoxically - enjoy recognizing the human traits.
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One of the problems with Shakespeare is that you can never give him a ring.
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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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Certainly, I'm excited by epic subjects. It doesn't particularly frighten me.
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You go to the airport and look at the bookstand, and you feel the titles are similar, the covers are similar, and you wonder how they can be different.
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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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When you cast someone like Natalie Portman, the character can't just be the love interest.
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The BAFTA is both absolutely fantastic and sort of meaningless at the same time.
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My definition of success is control.
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I'm always interested in contemporary fiction.
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I don't know that the Brits have the monopoly on being organized, but they do have a way of working with which I'm familiar. It's not necessarily the best way, but it's a way.
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The glory of 70mm is the sharpness of the image it offers.
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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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I was a big admirer of F.D.R. He saved Britain.
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It's very strange that the people you love are often the people you're most cruel to.
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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.