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It was a wonderful experience to live the life for a year; to spend all day doing Shakespeare and then do a play in the evening.

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.

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.

Shakespeare is a wonderful language to speak, but it's also a world to get your mind into thematically.

I think Shakespeare is everybody's treasure.

You can find more traditional Shakespeare than we do. But what we want to bring to these works is energy, passion, freshness.

I have grown up loving Shakespeare.

I read everything by Ian McEwan, he is so elegant. I love reading anything about Shakespeare, too. He is my first love. If I had a time machine, I would be hanging out with him.

Shakespeare is all big themes, like the most amazing love, or the most scary war.

Shakespeare language is fantastic, and to be honest, you don't need to do anything to Shakespeare.