Kenneth Branagh Quotes

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Kenneth Branagh

Profession : Actor

Birth : December 10, 1960

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.

Kenneth Branagh

A lot of the films I've done have links to other movies that I've directed in the past.

Kenneth Branagh

I love thrillers, and I always have.

Kenneth Branagh

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

Kenneth Branagh

I suppose that was my first bit of acting, the acquisition of an English accent. It was really just an attempt to be understood.

Kenneth Branagh

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.

Kenneth Branagh

I read the final Wallander novel, 'The Troubled Man,' not long after it was published.

Kenneth Branagh

'Thor' has got several big battles in it, a reckless, headstrong young hero who has to confront his past and deal with a complicated relationship with his father, it has lots of savage Europeans hacking each other to death at various points, and all of this sounded very much like 'Henry V.'

Kenneth Branagh

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

Kenneth Branagh

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

Kenneth Branagh

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.

Kenneth Branagh

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

Kenneth Branagh

One of the problems with Shakespeare is that you can never give him a ring.

Kenneth Branagh

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

Kenneth Branagh

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.

Kenneth Branagh

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.

Kenneth Branagh

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

Kenneth Branagh

Variety is very, very good. Going from medium to medium, if you get the chance to do it, from theater to television to film, which are all distinctly different, keeps me sharp.

Kenneth Branagh

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

Kenneth Branagh

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

Kenneth Branagh