Brian d'Arcy James Quotes

Visually speaking, nothing calls Shakespeare to mind like Hamlet holding Yorick's skull.

I never want to see 'Hamlet' ever again! Never ever!

I'd love to play Hamlet.

Who of English speech, bred to the traditions of his race, does not recognize Hamlet in his 'inky cloak' at a glance? Not to know him would argue one's self untaught in the chief glories of his language.

Hamlet is the result of Shakespeare's work on Brutus.

After the first 'Hedwig,' interestingly, I was offered to play Hamlet a couple of times.

There have been more books alone written about Hamlet than have been written about the Bible.

Macbeth was the first play I ever read.

Doing Shakespeare in the Park has always been a dream. Everyone else says Hamlet, but I want to play Romeo.

'Born to play? Hmmm. Probably Romeo... or Hamlet, I guess. Also, I'd be a great Alexander the Great.

I would love to play Richard III.

I would love to play Henry IV, Henry V, and Hamlet.

Hamlet' is a real ensemble piece: you have to realise that he's just one part of the story.

'Hamlet' is the most famous play in the world for a reason. The journey you go on is incredible.

Hamlet is a little daunting.

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

I apologize for being obvious, but every time I watch the curtain come down on even a halfway decent production of a Shakespeare play I feel a little sorrowful that I'll never know the man, or any man of such warm intelligence.

I've always wanted to do a Shakespeare play.

I never wanted to do Shakespeare; I never liked watching it, it's always frightened me, and I've never been any good at it. But I really wanted to work with the director Tim Carroll and Mark Rylance.

I think it's always funny when you see kids do Shakespeare.

Perhaps because my background is theatrical, I have a great affinity with the classics. Hamlet has always been a character of great interest to me and a character I would really love to play. Or a character in a Tennessee Williams play, maybe Tom in 'The Glass Menagerie.'

I'd love to play St. Joan or Hamlet, and hopefully I will.

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.

I think 'Macbeth' was a play that I've always gotten so much out of. My wife played Lady Macbeth in a play, and I designed it. There are things in there that are just kind of extraordinary.

My favorite play is Hamlet. It was my first love when it comes to Shakespeare, and I've read it and seen it performed more than just about every other Shakespeare play. I've had the "To be or not to be" monologue memorized since I was 15, and it's just really close to my heart.