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At my school, Shakespeare wasn't on the syllabus - at least not for me.

— Kelly Reilly

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✓Similar Perspectives

Well, as a kid I did not get Shakespeare. I just never understood it.

— Alanis Morissette

Obviously we had to study Shakespeare at school, but to be honest, I was not a fan. I found the language very difficult, and I didn't enjoy watching it or studying it. I auditioned five times for the Royal Shakespeare Company early on in my career, and I didn't even get past the first rounds.

— Samuel Barnett

Shakespeare didn't work at all for me.

— Charles Bukowski

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.

— Joss Whedon

I studied Shakespeare all through high school. Both of my parents teach English and history, so it has always been around my experience as a young man.

— Xavier Samuel

There's a specificity of language that's required in Shakespeare that most drama students in England deal with - a specificity of language that is somehow not as clear in a lot of American schools.

— James Avery

✗Opposing Perspectives

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.

— Ian Doescher

I read Shakespeare when I was 14 because it's what we were taught.

— Rabih Alameddine

I owe the little formal education I got to my drama teacher, Mr. Pickett, who got us to read Shakespeare, Moliere, and other classics.

— Dennis Quaid

Particularly for English people, Shakespeare is always at the forefront of both drama and the English language. He's always been there. I can't remember starting school and not learning about him.

— Jamie Campbell Bower