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Mark Rylance

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And it is a very beautiful idea, and possibly true, that a common man from Stratford with a common education was able to write these plays.


— Mark Rylance


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And people do enjoy the plays at completely different levels. And, likewise, they enjoy the authorship question... at completely different levels.


— Mark Rylance


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Burleigh, absolutely; and a lot about Elizabeth. I mean I found when I play Henry V a lot of connections with the hidden history of the connection between Francis Bacon and Elizabeth.


— Mark Rylance


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But I don't sit down at dinner and have clever ideas.


— Mark Rylance


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Great actors try to dismiss all ideas from their conscious mind in order to provide an experience that is real.


— Mark Rylance


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It's an intuitive exercise to do a Shakespeare play and to go through a Shakespeare play.


— Mark Rylance


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It's difficult for me to say, but I don't think the sex scenes are particularly erotic.


— Mark Rylance


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So there's a lot of people tied into believing that the traditional response to the authorship question. In terms of actors, some people get very angry about it.


— Mark Rylance


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There have been more books alone written about Hamlet than have been written about the Bible.


— Mark Rylance


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You know, I don't think you need to be educated to be a great actor.


— Mark Rylance


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About Mark Rylance






Did you know about Mark Rylance?

He was the first Artistic Director of Shakespeare's Globe in London from 1995 to 2005. Paperback. Media Productions 1998.

For his work in theatre he has won Olivier and Tony Awards among others and a BAFTA TV Award. His film roles include Ferdinand in Prospero's Books (based on Shakespeare's The Tempest) Jay in Intimacy (after a novel by Hanif Kureishi) and Jakob von Gunten in Institute Benjamenta (after a novel by Robert Walser).

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