It took three years to put Shakespeare's words together, there were a lot of words to be studied and a lot of words to be sorted out, and it proved to be a major project.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I believe that it is a whole lifetime of work on Shakespeare's part that enabled him to do what he did. But the question is how you can explain this whole lifetime in such a way to make it accessible and available to us, to me.
Because Shakespeare's language is so expansive, we're under this misconception that it's difficult. But I discovered that it's easy because it's so brilliantly written. The words are perfect, and the language is intelligent and very emotional.
First of all, there was a volcano of words, an eruption of words that Shakespeare had never used before that had never been used in the English language before. It's astonishing. It pours out of him.
I believe that writers have a responsibility to evolve the language, whether by introducing new words or new usages. Shakespeare alone is responsible for something like 3400 words and phrases.
We have cut the text, but what remains are Shakespeare's words.
If you got what it takes, you'll make it. If you don't, Shakespeare couldn't help you.
Shakespeare tells the same stories over and over in so many guises that it takes a long time before you notice.
With Shakespeare, because you invest so much time in working on material, it always sort of stays with you to some degree.
Shakespeare does a great job of taking 5,000-year-old stories and turning them into modern pieces that are true to the original essence but are completely remade.
It was easier to do Shakespeare than a lot of modern movie scripts that are so poorly written.