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In the summer of 2009, I was at the Shakespeare lab at the public theater in New York.
William Mapother
Summer
Shakespeare
New
Lab
York
New York
Theater
Public
I had been in a Shakespeare company for three years and done a lot of Shakespeare. That was fun. That was interesting.
William Shatner
Three
Shakespeare
Had
Been
Years
Lot
Done
Interesting
Fun
Company
I was that weird eight-year-old who was really interested in Shakespeare and understood it and appreciated the language.
Zendaya
Language
Shakespeare
Weird
Understood
Interested
Really
Who
Appreciated
Shakespeare's taught me that there are more words in the English language than I have got in my head.
Zoe Wanamaker
Me
Words
Language
Shakespeare
More
Head
Got
Than
Taught
English
English Language
Shakespeare showed me that once I understand the rules, I can break them.
Zoe Wanamaker
Me
Once
Rules
Shakespeare
Understand
Break
Them
When I was younger, I acted in some Shakespeare stuff; I did one Shakespeare camp.
Finn Wolfhard
Some
Shakespeare
Stuff
Camp
Did
Younger
Acted
We were not allowed to say, Screw, but we could say, Hump the hostess, because hump is in Shakespeare.
Uta Hagen
Hump
Say
Shakespeare
Could
Allowed
Hostess
Because
Were
Screw
What does Macbeth want? What does Shakespeare want? What does Othello want? What does James want? What does Arthur Miller want when he wrote? Those things you incorporate and create in the character, and then you step back and you create it. It always must begin with the point of truth within yourself.
John Kani
Truth
Character
You
Yourself
Othello
Back
Macbeth
Those
Must
Shakespeare
Point
He
Step
Wrote
Within
Does
Always
Begin
Arthur
Want
James
Then
Create
Miller
Things
Incorporate
I've stopped acting, but I don't think I've finished using my voice. I could, and probably will, record the whole of Shakespeare's sonnets. They live at the side of my bed and are my constant companions.
Peter O'Toole
Will
Finished
Live
Think
Side
Constant
Record
Shakespeare
Voice
Could
Bed
Stopped
Acting
Companions
Using
Whole
I've always wanted to give 'Hamlet' a shot. It's the big one, you know. I haven't done Shakespeare professionally, so I think it would be terrifying.
Brian d'Arcy James
You
Big
Think
I Think
Would
Would-Be
Give
Shakespeare
Know
Terrifying
Always
Hamlet
Big One
Done
Wanted
Shot
Professionally
Shakespeare examines how democracy is built.
John Kani
Democracy
Shakespeare
Built
How
I still remember the moment when my teacher, Mr. Budaza, walked into class and said, 'Today we are going to study 'Julius Caesar,' one of Shakespeare's most important plays.'
John Kani
Today
Teacher
Class
Remember
Important
Mr
Shakespeare
Caesar
Study
Most
Said
Still
Julius
Julius Caesar
Walked
Going
Moment
Plays
I love Charles Baudelaire. Him and Shakespeare are the only people I think are better than me.
John Cooper Clarke
Love
Me
People
Better
Think
I Think
I Love
Charles
Shakespeare
Only
Him
Than
Shakespeare pulls on us and demands the best of us. You never successfully wrestle one of his plays to the ground and say, 'See? That's It!'
Jack O'Brien
Best
You
Say
See
Wrestle
Shakespeare
Never
Demands
His
Us
Successfully
Ground
Plays
I'd read Shakespeare in school, translated into isiXhosa, and loved the stories, but I hadn't realised before I started reading the English text how powerful the language was - the great surging speeches Othello has.
John Kani
Great
School
Language
Reading
Before
Othello
Shakespeare
Powerful
Read
How
Surging
Text
Stories
Loved
Realised
Translated
English
Started
Started Reading
Speeches
Whenever I play Shakespeare, I keep thinking, 'how did this Englishman know so much about me?'
John Kani
Me
Thinking
About
Shakespeare
Know
How
Did
Whenever
Much
Englishman
Keep
Play
Shakespeare's words paint pictures in glorious colour in my language. They were written by a man whose use of words fits exactly into Xhosa.
John Kani
Man
Words
Language
Glorious
Exactly
Shakespeare
Colour
Written
Pictures
Were
Fits
Use
Paint
Whose
'Shakespeare in Love' was a particularly happy film.
Tom Stoppard
Love
Happy
Shakespeare
Particularly
Film
Shakespeare - I was very influenced - still am - by Shakespeare. I couldn't believe that a white man in the 16th century could so know my heart.
Maya Angelou
Man
Heart
White
Believe
Shakespeare
Could
Know
Am
Still
Very
Influenced
Century
I studied Shakespeare all through high school. Both of my parents teach English and history, so it has always been around my experience as a young man.
Xavier Samuel
History
Man
Experience
School
Parents
Young
High
High School
Shakespeare
Both
Through
Studied
Around
Always
Been
Young Man
Teach
English
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