You'd never play Hamlet if you started worrying about who's played it before you. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes hamlet play start
I think people ought to do what they feel useful at the time. If I do things because I ought to do them, I switch off. Matthew Macfadyen feelpeopleswitch Change image and share on social
There's always a concern as an actor that you'll be boring unless your character is swinging from a chandelier. Matthew Macfadyen actorborechandelier Change image and share on social
Nobody's really unsympathetic, I think. People do good and bad things. If a character's totally unsympathetic, they're not real and I'm not interested. Even the real monsters have to have a spark of something you can relate to. Matthew Macfadyen badcharactergood share on social
I don't think they're going to pay me to play Mufasa. Keith David mufasapayplay Change image and share on social
When I got sober, I thought giving up was saying goodbye to all the fun and all the sparkle, and it turned out to be just the opposite. That's when the sparkle started for me. Mary Karr fungivegoodbye Change image and share on social
I don't make much distinction between being a stand-up comic and acting Shakespeare - in fact, unless you're a good comedian, you're never going to be able to play Hamlet properly. Ian Mckellen actcomediancomic Change image and share on social
