We were not allowed to say, Screw, but we could say, Hump the hostess, because hump is in Shakespeare.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.
And you know, I hate to admit this, but I don't always think in terms of Shakespeare. When I eat, I do. When I'm at a restaurant, I'll think, 'Hmm, what would Macbeth have ordered?'
If you can read, then you can recite Shakespeare. But that's not acting.
Nobody's ever called me Sir Richard. Occasionally in America, I hear people saying Sir Richard and think there's some Shakespearean play taking place. But nowhere else anyway.
Shakespeare is universal.
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.
Most people know me from 'The Office,' where I played a guy who grunted out three or four words an episode and was kind of a knucklehead, and so I think it's surprising for people to see me do something like this. But Shakespeare is what I grew up wanting to do.
You never get the Shakespeares right. It's not possible.
Even Shakespeare gives you a scene off.
You can't do Shakespeare with a Southern accent, honey.