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
I did 'Celebrity' by Woody Allen. I did 'The Gingerbread Man' with Robert Altman. These were big talents.
I did 'Love's Labour's Lost' in the theater and found it to be riotously funny.
I did not expect to be allowed to be an actor, to be allowed to eventually direct things.
I liked the fact that 'My Week With Marilyn' wasn't a biopic.
I live in the English countryside, so I'm surrounded by magpies.
I only got 'War and Peace' on the third attempt.
I read the final Wallander novel, 'The Troubled Man,' not long after it was published.
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 suppose that was my first bit of acting, the acquisition of an English accent. It was really just an attempt to be understood.
I think in the wake of the domination of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, everyone is now looking for a grand plan.
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 we love the escapism of something like 'Cinderella,' and I think we do with 'Thor.'
I went to a comprehensive school and didn't go to university.
I went to Moscow and met some slightly powerful and scary people.