As a young writer, I learned a lot about grammatical structure from reading plays, from performing the plays. I think that was a wonderful apprenticeship.
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I grew up with Shakespeare, and there are so many wonderful teachings in those plays. The stories are all so unique and timeless. There is just so much learning in that body of work, and that is something I will always go back to.
I had great English teachers in high school who first piqued my interest in Shakespeare. Each year, we read a different play - 'Othello,' 'Julius Caesar,' 'Macbeth,' 'Hamlet' - and I was the nerd in class who would memorize soliloquies just for the fun of it.
I don't know if I officially proofread my father's book, but I read it. I did get some conception of grammar in general from that.
And it is a very beautiful idea, and possibly true, that a common man from Stratford with a common education was able to write these plays.
My English teacher always gave me scripts for plays, but I was into sports. My friend said there were small parts I could go up for, but the director gave me the part of Mozart, which was kind of the lead role. From then on I just loved it.
I did my English A level in England, and we studied Shakespeare. I had great, great high school teachers, and we parsed the text within an inch of its life.
Even though I was theatrically trained, learning to develop a character was an awesome experience.
I became fascinated by the fact that you could translate written material into performance.
I think reading Shakespeare's plays when I was young was extremely important. He had the ability to make utter strangers come alive.
I was very adept at acquiring languages.
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