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There are a lot of theories about Shakespeare.

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

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.

Now, when I talk about Shakespeare, I can't talk too much about Gielgud or Olivier. Because nobody knows who I'm talking about.

I think there is this huge hole in Shakespeare that you do not know why Macbeth is who he is.

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.

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?

I've been with Shakespeare all my life.

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

People have known of Shakespeare's homosexuality down through the ages.