Shaw is like a train. One just speaks the words and sits in one's place. But Shakespeare is like bathing in the sea - one swims where one wants.
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Shakespeare is a wonderful language to speak, but it's also a world to get your mind into thematically.
Tales of power and ambition and intrigue and betrayal and desire - when you're telling those in a big way, you automatically want to go to Shakespeare.
Shakespeare is the one who gets re-interpreted most frequently.
I think Shakespeare is like a dialect. If I heard a broad Scots accent, I'd probably struggle at first but then I'd start to look for words I recognise and I'd get the gist. I think Shakespeare is like that.
Well, as a kid I did not get Shakespeare. I just never understood it.
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.
Now, when I talk about Shakespeare, I can't talk too much about Gielgud or Olivier. Because nobody knows who I'm talking about.
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.
Shakespeare is rich and beautiful, and it can be an amazing experience to read and to watch and to work on.
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.