John Dryden Quotes

Within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court.

When a natural king becomes a titular king, every body is pleased and satisfied.

Most Young Kings Get Their Heads Cut Off.

I took my play very seriously, and I got way, way lost in my play world.

When I was a little girl, I loved theater a lot and I was always playing and making my own worlds.

It's true what people say - that actors are the closest thing there is to children. They play.

The last act is bloody, however pleasant all the rest of the play is: a little earth is thrown at last upon our head, and that is the end forever.

On the king's gate the moss grew gray; The king came not. They call'd him dead; And made his eldest son, one day, Slave in his father's stead.

One day, those who play have to leave the stage.

Role is something people play, model is something people make, both of those things are fake.

This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-Paradise.

Kings are like stars,-they rise and set, they have The worship of the world, but no repose.

Let me play a Man in a scene.

Kings are the slaves of history.

I'm the empty stage where various actors act out various plays.

You don't wanna go eggin' him on. It'll never be my chair that your on, crown so tight that it cuts off circulation to the brain no oxygen. Other words there's no heir to the throne.

Son--they say there isn't any royalty in this country, but do you want me to tell you how to be king of the United States of America? Just fall through the hole in a privy and come out smelling like a rose.

A man's a man. But when you see a king, you see the work of many thousand men.

I love the process of acting, simply because I like to play make believe. But for me, it is purely make believe and it is a process of playing.

News flash, lady. There are no queens anymore,” Shane said. He loaded shells in a shotgun and snapped it shut, then searched for a place to strap it on that didn’t interfere with the flamethrower. “No queens, no kings, no emperors. Not in America. Only CEOs. Same thing, but not so many crowns.

It is no bad thing to be a king-to see one's house enriched and one's authority enhanced.

I think the most fun I ever had was playing King Arthur in Spamalot on the West End.

I would be happy to play any roles.