Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Branagh
Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh is a Northern Irish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. Branagh trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. He has directed or starred in several film adaptations of William Shakespeare's plays, including Henry V, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, Hamlet, Love's Labour's Lost, and As You Like It...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth10 December 1960
CityBelfast, Northern Ireland
CountryIreland
Kenneth Branagh quotes about
I've lived a lot of my life in London, so I often feel that I am a Londoner.
I've always loved pure, silly slapstick comedy. It always makes me laugh.
I'm just a normal working class boy from Belfast.
I'm involved in Northern Ireland Screen and have been for a long time, so I keep my eyes open and ears to the ground.
I'm a devotee of Stephen Sondheim. I think he's a genius.
I went to Moscow and met some slightly powerful and scary people.
I went to a comprehensive school and didn't go to university.
I think we love the escapism of something like 'Cinderella,' and I think we do with 'Thor.'
I think television goes through phases, like other creative arts, where suddenly a group of people are producing exciting work all at once.
I think in the wake of the domination of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, everyone is now looking for a grand plan.
I suppose that was my first bit of acting, the acquisition of an English accent. It was really just an attempt to be understood.
I remember the first book I bought, when I was about 11... Dad said, 'What have you got that for? What are libraries for?'
I read the final Wallander novel, 'The Troubled Man,' not long after it was published.
I only got 'War and Peace' on the third attempt.