Top 127 Quotes by Kenneth Branagh

I do think that, for instance, we've been very lucky to have theatrical careers and be associated with Shakespeare which sometimes gives you a kind of bogus kudos.

At the end of every stage performance, the audience all applaud me for doing my job, but I have friends who work in offices who don't get that.

I think in the wake of the domination of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, everyone is now looking for a grand plan.

The director needs to be in command on set because everything crumbles if that's not the case.

I only really cast people who are desperate to be in it - who were dying to be in it, whose talent I believed in and were dead ready to do the work that was necessary.

In the course of my lifetime, that world went from violence to a kind of peace.

I choose to be inspired by things that have been done well in the past. So, I don't worry about being compared, because I think that does paralyze you.

'Frankenstein' feels like an ancient tale, the kind of traditional story that appears in many other forms.

In any given project, there are a few moments where there is the usual disappointment, as it were, when you look in the mirror, and you realize you're not 23 and looking like Brad Pitt.

Sir Derek Jacobi has been an inspiration to so many actors and audiences throughout his brilliant career. To see him in Shakespeare is an event in itself.