I think the best actors are the most generous, the kindest, the greatest people and at their worst they are vain, greedy and insecure.- Kenneth Branagh
I think A Midsummer Night's Dream would be terrific because of the transformations that occur. Or The Tempest, things like that. Extraordinary larger than life or supernatural element.
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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.
I like to cast actors I admire, one's that are talented. Each one will bring something new to the part. This play has been done thousands of times and now certain characters are too familiar.
I do not think Hamlet is mad, nor is he predisposed to be a gloomy or tragic figure.
I do not know that there is too far, actually. I think there's only too bad. If it's bad you've gone too far.
I do think that, for instance, we have been very lucky to have theatrical careers and be associated with Shakespeare which sometimes gives you a kind of bogus kudos.
I did not make this a long film for its own sake. I wanted to make an entertaining film and offer it out there for those who want to see it. If word of mouth suggests there is an audience out there, hopefully their cinema will show it.
I certainly have been guilty of trying to sweep things under the carpet.
Friendship is one of the most tangible things in a world which offers fewer and fewer supports.
Actors are the best and the worst of people. They're like kids. When they're good, they're very very good. When they're bad they're very very naughty.
