Orson Welles Quotes

I played Hamlet, I played Chekhov and Ibsen and all the classics.

I would love to play Richard III.

I'd love to play Hamlet.

I still want to find some place to play 'Hamlet,' and if 'Far and Away' helps me do that, that would be nice.

I've done classical theaters. I played Hamlet myself and Romeo.

I've always wanted to play 'Lady Macbeth' and Strindberg's 'Miss Julie'.

I really like acting in English.

I see myself as a performer and that applies to a Greek drama or a modern comedy.

I started performing at school and drama classes when I was 7.

I have done all of the genres, and the dramatic role is my favorite.

I want to do theatre. I love theatre.

Someday I'd love to do Shakespeare.

There are a lot of roles in Shakespeare, basically. If I feel that the script is a movie, I would be interested in doing any role of Shakespeare's.

Comedy and drama are both challenging to me.

There are a couple of roles I haven't played that I want to. I would love to play Shiloh.

I want a part where I can use my own hair, my own voice, and maybe even be literate.

I played comedies and dramas.

For an actor, a Mamet play is definitely on the list of things you hope to be a part of before it's time to exit.

Only comedians can talk about death, life, God and Virgin Mary. If I was a tragic actor, I couldn't allow myself. But with this accent I can do it. I can talk with death in person because I am a clown. Yes. And I am proud to be a clown - very much.

I was in 20 Shakespearean plays by the time I was 20.

Doing Shakespeare on stage with Kenneth Branagh, I don't think it gets better than that.

I've done a lot of Shakespeare as a young man; I was involved with Shakespeare and Company.

I'm an actor, I'm not a comedian, I never was a comedian.

Doing drama is a very welcome departure from comedy. Although I love doing both, I like to change it up a bit once in a while with roles in serious drama.

Acting? No, it is not for me. I would be terrible.