Explore Quotes by Kenneth Branagh

Do you know what I feel about Dr. Who's? I feel the same way as I do about the Bonds. I love them all. I love them all! I don't have favorites.

I was a big admirer of F.D.R. He saved Britain.

Life is surreal and beautiful.

Sir Derek Jacobi has been an inspiration to so many actors and audiences throughout his brilliant career. To see him in Shakespeare is an event in itself.

I'm involved in Northern Ireland Screen and have been for a long time, so I keep my eyes open and ears to the ground.

In Northern Ireland, I truly, effortlessly, knew who I was. I knew where I belonged. I felt completely and utterly secure.

I think in the wake of the domination of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, everyone is now looking for a grand plan.

I think I do have a way of predicting - not always accurately - what is a nerve-wracking day for actors, what may be a difficult scene or a difficult moment, how small - and it may be down to one line - a thing maybe that is upsetting or undermining a performance.

Even in the case of a god, audiences - paradoxically - enjoy recognizing the human traits.

You go to the airport and look at the bookstand, and you feel the titles are similar, the covers are similar, and you wonder how they can be different.

I think television goes through phases, like other creative arts, where suddenly a group of people are producing exciting work all at once.

I think that music is crucially important in Shakespeare - and, clearly, was an important part of the Elizabethan theatre. And, it's always been something that was a profound element of the experience of Shakespeare that I have been drawn to - and interpreters have, as well.

I love thrillers, and I always have.

In the course of my lifetime, that world went from violence to a kind of peace.

I'm just a normal working class boy from Belfast.

Shakespeare's always on my dance card if it can be.

Many of us live in dysfunctional families, and so even if it's in a fairy tale, or perhaps because it's in a fairy tale, we have a chance to look at that side of our reflected lives differently.

I come from the theatre; my bones are in the theatre. It's as natural as breathing to want to be in the theatre.

The records - what little we know about Shakespeare, including the records of the plays in his playhouse - were often the story of how quickly they came off if they didn't work. They had to move on. They were absolutely led by box office.

I saw Derek Jacobi play Hamlet when I was 17, and he directed me as Hamlet when I was 27, and I directed him as Claudius in 'Hamlet' when I was 35, and I'm hoping we meet again in some other production of Hamlet before we both toddle off.

Carrying a movie is both a great privilege, it's a great opportunity, but it can be a great pressure, and sometimes that can make people behave very oddly.