I had been in 760 performances of 10 different Shakespeare plays by the time I was 17. Sam Wanamaker Read Quote
When I first went to London to do a film in 1949, I naturally went to visit the site of the Globe. There was this small plaque on the side of a grimy brewery wall in a derelict alley near the riverfront. I was shocked. Sam Wanamaker Read Quote
People constantly express surprise that Americans are so hot for Shakespeare. But Britain’s culture is American culture, too. Sam Wanamaker Read Quote
Shakespeare is as naturally a part of American culture as it is the British culture; the Americans have a natural interest in their heritage. Sam Wanamaker Read Quote
It’s true that I have sacrificed certain jobs, and it’s been a matter of fitting my career into the Globe rather than the other way around. Sam Wanamaker Read Quote
Most Britons, and most Americans as well, either thought the Globe was in Stratford-Upon-Avon or didn’t know where it was at all. Sam Wanamaker Read Quote
Since the theater is going to be reconstructed in the techniques of joinery craftsmanship as it was before, it will take longer to make. It will be a complex of buildings, not just the Globe, with a major permanent exhibition of the Elizabethan theater. Sam Wanamaker Read Quote
I’m not interested in creating a self-aggrandizing home base for myself, for my artistic foibles and interests. Sam Wanamaker Read Quote