We wanted to do something that was a little closer to our own century and yet also was a world in which you could believe that people spoke in a slightly different way.
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I made a bargain with myself. If I hadn't done it by 35, I'd walk away. Hamlet is at a crisis at this point in his life. This is a young man's play.Kenneth Branagh
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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.
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The elasticity of Shakespeare is extraordinary.
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I think people half know it but don't know it, you know I think when you see the whole thing, there's just such a slew of new things there. You see them in a different light.
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Music and language are a vital element. We, as actors and directors, offer it to people who want to experience it. Sometimes the actual meaning is less important than the words themselves.
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