Shakespeare wrote all there is that we need to know about dementia in 'King Lear.'
I would like to do 'King Lear.' But I would like to do it in Swedish.
The only time I've played a real baddy was when I was Regan in 'King Lear.'
He hath always but slightly, known himself...King Lear
I don't think of 'Macbeth' as the villain. I don't think of 'King Lear' as the villain. I don't think of 'Hamlet' as the villain. I don't think of 'Travis Bickle' as the villain.
I used to think 'King Lear' was an analysis of insanity, but I don't really think it is. When Lear is supposed to be at his most insane, he is actually understanding the world for the first time.
What is your name?" asked Lear. Caius," said Kent. And whence do you hail?" From Bonking, sire." Well, yes, lad, as do we all," said Lear, "but from what town?
You have to get through the Hamlet hoop as a young actor. Your classical qualifications are based on the quality of your Hamlet. And then, as an older actor, you have to get through the Lear hoop. And I'm approaching the Lear hoop.
I guess if they ever do a remake of 'Sophie's Choice,' I could play the Meryl Streep part. I've got to work on my Polish accent. Maybe I'll be the definitive King Lear one day. You know, if they ever feel that King Lear should be more Jewy.
Virgina Woolf versus Edward Lear." "Christ Alive," said Billy. "Are those my only choices?" "I went for Lear," said Leon. "Partly out of fidelity to the letter L. Partly because given the choice between nonsense and boojy wittering you blatantly have...
I would love to be remembered as one of the greatest Lears or Hamlets.
I've played Lear three times, I would love to do it again.
I'm an advocate for gay marriage. I have more gay friends than Carter has pills.
On both 'The Bachelor' and 'The Bachelorette,' it seems like proposing marriage is equivalent to saying, 'Let's date.' Everyone knows those aren't the same things.
The prince of darkness is a gentleman!
I want a documentary to crest by being voted on by 6000 people who are in the business of telling stories.
I liked Norman Lear's ideology that you could trust an audience to stay with you.
When we are born, we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools.
Fortune, that arrant whore, Ne'er turns the key to th'poor.
The good parts are the people who don't make do. They're the interesting people. Lear doesn't make do.
To watch King Lear is to approach the recognition that there is indeed no meaning in life, and that there are limits to human understanding.
