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

Shakespeare teaches you how to act. You come out of this process as a better actor. It's just the nature of the words he writes.

If you got what it takes, you'll make it. If you don't, Shakespeare couldn't help you.

With Shakespeare, because you invest so much time in working on material, it always sort of stays with you to some degree.

I'm a games and theory kind of guy. I love puzzles, so it was fun dissecting Shakespeare's prose.

First of all, Shakespeare is about pleasure and interest. He was from the first moment he actually wrote something for the stage, and he remains so.

It's like saying French shouldn't be taught because you don't understand it because it's new. Shakespeare is just like learning a new, exciting language.

I had always wanted to retell a Shakespeare play. It was an ambition from college days. But in order to be able to do it... the circumstances in my life didn't come together for a long time.

It's what Shakespeare's mission was - to illuminate our thoughts and struggles and bring about the possibility of getting the most we can out of a day as opposed to least in this brief moment we're here.

I've never really had a desire to do Shakespeare. For me, it's just too many lines.