Mark Rylance
Mark Rylance
David Mark Rylance Watersis a British actor, theatre director and playwright. He was the first artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe in London, from 1995 to 2005. His film appearances include Prospero's Books, Angels and Insects, Institute Benjamenta, and Intimacy. Rylance won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Rudolf Abel in Bridge of Spies. He played the title role in Steven Spielberg's The BFG, a live-action film adaptation...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionStage Actor
Date of Birth18 January 1960
In terms of pure acting, it's a gift.
I think that was very important to Bacon... personally. I think he went to great efforts to get a house for the Stratford man, to make it so difficult for us to prove that it was Francis Bacon, because it is very difficult to prove.
There's a weak place in every plot, ladies and gentleman, (and) in this case, the weak place is the plot,
Moments are incredible, but in my fantasy mind I see a Globe company which is renowned throughout the world for what it does with pure storytelling. So that people come and say: it's not just the building, it's the only place you can hear this kind of work.
Well, my wife always says to me, and I think it's true, it's very difficult for us to understand the Elizabethan understanding and enjoyment and perception of form as it is to say... it would be for them to understand computers or going to the moon or something.
It's nice being offered a lot of interesting films and being asked to take part in things that are quite curious. If you hunt and keep looking, there are some wonderful things that come out.
But I don't sit down at dinner and have clever ideas.