Explore Quotes by Kenneth Branagh

My experience of great storytelling, working with classics, is just finding a way to present it simply but let the story do its own work, or be an invite to the audience's imagination.

Shakespeare is rhythmic; he is musical in the sense that he likes poetry, and he's musical because he constantly refers to settings where there's singing and dancing.

At the end of every stage performance, the audience all applaud me for doing my job, but I have friends who work in offices who don't get that.

The director needs to be in command on set because everything crumbles if that's not the case.

I did 'Love's Labour's Lost' in the theater and found it to be riotously funny.

In any given project, there are a few moments where there is the usual disappointment, as it were, when you look in the mirror, and you realize you're not 23 and looking like Brad Pitt.

I loved 'Kundun.'

'Jack Ryan' is a very fast-paced, very contemporary, very action-driven thriller.

I don't know that the Brits have the monopoly on being organized, but they do have a way of working with which I'm familiar. It's not necessarily the best way, but it's a way.

What you want is the opportunity to work and an audience. Prizes after that are just a great big bonus.

When you cast someone like Natalie Portman, the character can't just be the love interest.

Certainly, I'm excited by epic subjects. It doesn't particularly frighten me.

I've lived a lot of my life in London, so I often feel that I am a Londoner.

There's always something to think about in terms of problems that are dark and important and immediate and scary.

I went to Moscow and met some slightly powerful and scary people.

In the case of 'Jack Ryan,' it was a huge collaboration, and I enjoyed it very much, and most of all, I want the audience to enjoy it, too. I want them to feel immersed in this world.

The Chinese say, 'It's good to live in interesting times.'

I went to a comprehensive school and didn't go to university.

I'm a devotee of Stephen Sondheim. I think he's a genius.

I'm interested in creating new work.

Sometimes I used to think to myself, 'Have I lost a sense of humor?' but I don't think that I have. I think one can be as snarky and sarcastic as lots of people, but I have never found that it makes me particularly happy.