A biography for Kenneth Branaghhasn’t been written yet.
“Carrying a movie is both a great privilege, it's a great opportunity, but it can be a great pressure, and sometimes that can make people behave very oddly.”
“The Chinese say, 'It's good to live in interesting times.'”
“You go to the airport and look at the bookstand, and you feel the titles are similar, the covers are similar, and you wonder how they can be different.”
“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.”
“The glory of 70mm is the sharpness of the image it offers.”
“I started being interested in acting when I heard the voices of Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud and Sir Alec Guinness. I've had the great privilege of working with Sir Derek Jacobi and Sir Anthony Hopkins. These are people who inspire the work that I do.”
“My definition of success is control.”
“I don't think Hamlet is mad, nor is he predisposed to be a gloomy or tragic figure.”
“I'm interested in creating new work.”
“What I've found about 'Cinderella' is that what it provokes in an audience is really extraordinary. It appears to be a deceptively simple tale, but I've heard nothing but people drawing all different things out of it.”
“Sir Derek Jacobi has been an inspiration to so many actors and audiences throughout his brilliant career. To see him in Shakespeare is an event in itself.”
“The BAFTA is both absolutely fantastic and sort of meaningless at the same time.”
“I am very much looking forward to new adventures - including, I hope, Broadway - sooner rather than later.”
“I think in the wake of the domination of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, everyone is now looking for a grand plan.”
“I suppose, at 50, you value things in a different way. So you value connections, you value your friendships, you value your health, and you are much more aware of time passing.”
“I did not make this a long film for its own sake. I wanted to make an entertaining film and offer it out there for those who want to see it. If word of mouth suggests there is an audience out there, hopefully their cinema will show it.”
“We're self obsessed and mad and stupid - not that other people can't be the same way - but the extremes are kind of honest in some mad way. Anyway, I like them.”
“A brother who is unhappy is a dangerous relative to have.”
“I'm by no means an opera buff.”