Quotes by Kenneth Branagh

“I think the best actors are the most generous, the kindest, the greatest people and at their worst they are vain, greedy and insecure.”

“Friendship is one of the most tangible things in a world which offers fewer and fewer supports.”

“My definition of success is control.”

“We wanted to do something that was a little closer to our own century and yet also was a world in which you could believe that people spoke in a slightly different way.”

“I think people half know it but dont know it, you know? I think when you see the whole thing, theres just such a slew of new things there. You see them in a different light.”

“Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.”

“play Woody.”

“This is a very exciting departure for me as a filmmaker,”

“DUCKTASTIC”

Adults are just children who earn money.

Being Irish, I always had this love of words.

Sometimes I used to think to myself, Have I lost a sense of humor? but I dont 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.

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.

Ill tell you what Im grateful for, and thats the clarity of understanding that the most important things in life are health, family and friends, and the time to spend on them.

There are some amazing stories from all over this country, where peoples work and contribution has been acknowledged. To be part of that is an absolutely fantastic feeling.

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. What works in one doesnt work in the other, and you have to be looking for the truth of the performance, whatever way that medium might demand.

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

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.

In Henry V, the story of the assumption of true and responsible leadership by Henry I think is hard-won. He has to lose friends; he has to risk his life.

One of the things that makes Hamlet unique among Shakespeares characters is his courage to face up to the darker elements of his personality.