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There was a time when people liked to take Shakespeare and twist him around to make whatever social or political statement they wanted to make.

— David Denman

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

It's not that Shakespeare is frivolous, but you spend your time just getting people to dress up in other people's costumes and pretending to be people that they're not, and you think, after the years go by, well, what on earth was all that about?

— Jonathan Miller

Most people, even among those who know Shakespeare well and come into real contact with his mind, are inclined to isolate and exaggerate some one aspect of the tragic fact.

— Andrew Coyle Bradley

I'll bet Shakespeare compromised himself a lot; anybody who's in the entertainment industry does to some extent.

— Christopher Isherwood

Shakespeare was a dramatist of note who lived by writing things to quote.

— H. C. Bunner

Shakespeare would never have gone far in today's politically correct world.

— John Sununu

Everybody gets a little dose of Shakespeare. He's the greatest playwright in the English language, but his politics are fairly square.

— Alex Cox

I'm constantly intimidated by Shakespeare's work. Trying to decipher what he's saying and holding on to that thought - not just as an actor, but as a human being - is a rigour.

— Zoe Wanamaker

With Shakespeare, the hard work is to find out why he said it and how it can relate to the audience.

— Ruben Santiago-Hudson

✗Opposing Perspectives

Shakespeare, who is probably the greatest writer and poet of the English language, lived in a time that was politically very conservative and it's reflected in his writings.

— Alex Cox

The reason there's no modern-day Shakespeare is because he didn't have anything to do except sit in a room with a candle and think.

— Chris Cornell