Well, my wife always says to me, and I think it's true, it's very difficult for us to understand the Elizabethan understanding and enjoyment and perception of form as it is to say... it would be for them to understand computers or going to the moon or something. Mark Rylance computerdifficultelizabethan share on social
You know, I don't think you need to be educated to be a great actor. Mark Rylance actoreducategreat Change image and share on social
But I don't sit down at dinner and have clever ideas. Mark Rylance cleverdinneridea Change image and share on social
It's difficult for me to say, but I don't think the sex scenes are particularly erotic. Mark Rylance difficulteroticscene Change image and share on social
Burleigh, absolutely; and a lot about Elizabeth. I mean I found when I play Henry V a lot of connections with the hidden history of the connection between Francis Bacon and Elizabeth. Mark Rylance absolutelybaconburleigh Change image and share on social
I think that was very important to Bacon... personally. I think he went to great efforts to get a house for the Stratford man, to make it so difficult for us to prove that it was Francis Bacon, because it is very difficult to prove. Mark Rylance bacondifficulteffort share on social
So there's a lot of people tied into believing that the traditional response to the authorship question. In terms of actors, some people get very angry about it. Mark Rylance actorangryauthorship Change image and share on social
But I find with Francis Bacon, some of the things were in the place, and someone who was connected with these schools of thought, and someone who had a motivation that equals the scope of the comedy and the tragedy in the plays. Mark Rylance baconcomedyconnect share on social
Our job is to make manifest the story, to be it. In a sense, the theatre is such a big star itself, bigger than any Shakespearean actor I could hire, that we should take the opportunity to fill it with voice and verse and movement, not interpretation. Mark Rylance actorbigfill share on social
Moments are incredible, but in my fantasy mind I see a Globe company which is renowned throughout the world for what it does with pure storytelling. So that people come and say: it's not just the building, it's the only place you can hear this kind of work. Mark Rylance buildcompanyfantasy share on social
