I would say my voice is actor-neutral.
From Kenneth Branagh
I saw Derek Jacobi play Hamlet when I was 17, and he directed me as Hamlet when I was 27, and I directed him as Claudius in 'Hamlet' when I was 35, and I'm hoping we meet again in some other production of Hamlet before we both toddle off.
The records - what little we know about Shakespeare, including the records of the plays in his playhouse - were often the story of how quickly they came off if they didn't work. They had to move on. They were absolutely led by box office.
You can't live in nostalgia-land.
A creative and artistic home is what I've been looking for in the theatre.
I come from the theatre; my bones are in the theatre. It's as natural as breathing to want to be in the theatre.
I'm interested in creating new work.
I live in the English countryside, so I'm surrounded by magpies.
It's funny to be in rooms where you were originally referred to as 'The Shakespeare Guy' and to suddenly be in the position where you're 'The Blockbuster Guy.' That's a pretty unusual turnabout, I must say.
I think that Shakespeare himself raided fairy tales and chronicle writers, and he always looked to people who worked in the mythic genres, whether it was folk tales or popular novels.
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