I was studying at the Royal Academy of Arts, and I was playing the role of Dr. Ivan Chebutikin in Chekov’s ‘Three Sisters.’ I was about 50 years too young for the part. Kenneth Branagh Read Quote
What happens is that with difficult processes on a film, they get very intensely compressed because a clock is ticking. Kenneth Branagh Read Quote
Carrying a movie is both a great privilege, it’s a great opportunity, but it can be a great pressure, and sometimes that can make people behave very oddly. Kenneth Branagh Read Quote
Do you know what I feel about Dr. Who’s? I feel the same way as I do about the Bonds. I love them all. I love them all! I don’t have favorites. Kenneth Branagh Read Quote
I saw Derek Jacobi play Hamlet when I was 17, and he directed me as Hamlet when I was 27, and I directed him as Claudius in ‘Hamlet’ when I was 35, and I’m hoping we meet again in some other production of Hamlet before we both toddle off. Kenneth Branagh Read Quote
In ‘Henry V,’ the story of the assumption of true and responsible leadership by Henry I think is hard-won. He has to lose friends; he has to risk his life. Kenneth Branagh Read Quote
The records – what little we know about Shakespeare, including the records of the plays in his playhouse – were often the story of how quickly they came off if they didn’t work. They had to move on. They were absolutely led by box office. Kenneth Branagh Read Quote
