Quotes of: King-lear Keyword

When we our betters see bearing our woes, We scarcely think our miseries our foes.

King Lear

But I am bound upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears do scald like moulten lead.

King Lear

I have no desire to play King Lear or Hamlet. I never had a grand ambition. I just followed my nose.

Liam Neeson

I want a documentary to crest by being voted on by 6000 people who are in the business of telling stories.

Sheila Nevins

King Lear alone among these plays has a distinct double action. Besides this, it is impossible, I think, from the point of view of construction, to regard the hero as the leading figure.

Andrew Coyle Bradley

The actor is too prone to exaggerate his powers; he wants to play Hamlet when his appearance is more suitable to King Lear.

Sarah Bernhardt

As I get older and I get a few more years experience I become more like Dad, you know, King Lear.

David Crystal

Thy youngest daughter does not love thee least; nor are those empty-hearted whose low sounds reverb no hollowness.

King Lear

I cannot heave my heart into my mouth. I love your majesty according to my bond; no more no less.

King Lear

To paraphrase Oedipus, Hamlet, Lear, and all those guys, "I wish I had known this some time ago.

Sign of the Unicorn

The good parts are the people who don't make do. They're the interesting people. Lear doesn't make do.

Peter O'Toole

In Shakespeare's world, characters cannot trust their senses. Is the ghost in Hamlet true and truthful, or is it a demon, tempting young Hamlet into murderous sin? Is Juliet dead or merely sleeping? Does Lear really stand at the edge of a great cliff...

Virginia Postrel

My abilities grow with each job, whether it's writing or directing. When I stop learing, I'll stop working.

Peter Fonda

'King Lear,' I've been seeing all my life. I mean, the great actors of my lifetime... to join their company, as it were, by playing a part that's challenged them, is one of the great joys of being an actor who does the classics.

Ian Mckellen

I think you have to find the humanity in the character and then the deterioration is a part of the process - the journey of the character. It's like playing King Lear. You can start off as a nice old man who finishes up crazy.

David Wenham

I was at the Royal Shakespeare Company, where I thought, in my naivete, I'd stay for the rest of my career. I'd thought I'd work up through the ranks and go from spear carrier - or in my case, the eunuch, which was several rungs below the spear carri...

Christian McKay

GLOUCESTER Now, good sir, what are you? EDGAR A most poor man made tame to fortune's blows, Who by the art of known and feeling sorrows Am pregnant to good pity.

King Lear

I profess myself an enemy to all other joys, which the most precious square of sense possesses, and find I am alone felicitate in your dear highness love.

King Lear

I think that if Shakespeare had had access to CGI, he would have used it. Imagine Lear conjuring the storm and the lightning.

Julie White

If I was in a situation where it wasn't working and I had a choice with another man, I'm gonna assess it like a business deal: who is the better person for me?

Patti Stanger

There are a lot of millionairess situations. I'm one of them. I've always dated down financially. And now I'm changing my tune on that one. Things are going to change for me.

Patti Stanger