The older you get, the more you find yourself looking for things you used to see and liked when you were younger. Jonathan Pryce Read Quote
Oddly enough, I’m not religious but I’m also very fond of St Peter’s in Rome. When I’m there, I always know there’s a good meal not far away. Jonathan Pryce Read Quote
I’ll read a book every now and then, but unlike most of my friends I don’t always have one on the go. Jonathan Pryce Read Quote
It took a while to decide I wanted to do Hamlet. It wasn’t that I was daunted – I’d been acting professionally since my mid-20s and had some pretty big Shakespearean roles under my belt by that stage, at 32: Petruchio in ‘The Taming of the Shrew,’ Edgar in ‘King Lear,’ Antony, Richard III. But when it came to Hamlet, I hesitated. Jonathan Pryce Read Quote
Macbeth’ sags in act four – the England scene with Malcolm and Macduff just doesn’t work theatrically. But with ‘Hamlet,’ although the play is so long, Shakespeare manages to sustain the arc. Jonathan Pryce Read Quote
Hamlet’ is a real ensemble piece: you have to realise that he’s just one part of the story. Jonathan Pryce Read Quote
People sometimes ask me why I did this or that project. I say, ‘Well, they asked me.’ Jonathan Pryce Read Quote
It was very amusing to do ‘GI Joe: Retaliation’ scenes with Bruce Willis, who spends months rewriting his dialogue and then turns up and doesn’t say it. Part of the time, he doesn’t say anything, but mumbles and mutters. Jonathan Pryce Read Quote
I live a very ordinary life. The rare awards ceremonies I go to are quite fun, because I can enjoy the irony of one minute walking to the tube, and the next being driven along the same stretch of road in a limo. Jonathan Pryce Read Quote
