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 live in the English countryside, so I'm surrounded by magpies.
I liked the fact that 'My Week With Marilyn' wasn't a biopic.
I did not expect to be allowed to be an actor, to be allowed to eventually direct things.
I did 'Love's Labour's Lost' in the theater and found it to be riotously funny.
I did 'Celebrity' by Woody Allen. I did 'The Gingerbread Man' with Robert Altman. These were big talents.
'Frankenstein' feels like an ancient tale, the kind of traditional story that appears in many other forms.
For what it's worth, I enjoy 'Dexter,' 'Modern Family,' 'True Blood' and 'Breaking Bad.' I've enjoyed the wonderful 'The Pacific.'
For a nanosecond in the pre-Internet pre-digital age, I was a hot young actor, in the sense of popular, and then it passed.
Even in the case of a god, audiences - paradoxically - enjoy recognizing the human traits.
Do you know what I feel about Dr. Who's? I feel the same way as I do about the Bonds. I love them all. I love them all! I don't have favorites.
Certainly, I'm excited by epic subjects. It doesn't particularly frighten me.
At the end of every stage performance, the audience all applaud me for doing my job, but I have friends who work in offices who don't get that.
A lot of the films I've done have links to other movies that I've directed in the past.
A creative and artistic home is what I've been looking for in the theatre.