Jonathan Pryce Quotes

I would love to play Richard III.

I've always wanted to give 'Hamlet' a shot. It's the big one, you know. I haven't done Shakespeare professionally, so I think it would be terrifying.

'Born to play? Hmmm. Probably Romeo... or Hamlet, I guess. Also, I'd be a great Alexander the Great.

I'd not really ever expected to play anything like 'Hamlet.' I hadn't seen myself as a natural Hamlet, whatever a natural Hamlet is, and I quickly realised there is no such thing.

I would love to play Henry IV, Henry V, and Hamlet.

I want to play King Lear, Macbeth, Benedict, Coriolanus. I wouldn't mind doing Hamlet again. Well, I'm a little old. Perhaps I can rub Vaseline on the audience's eyes.

I was in several school performances, mainly Shakespeare and comedic roles. I just accidentally became an actor. I totally didn't expect this.

You have to learn the language of Hamlet.

I had a good theater career for years. I played Hamlet when I was 22, and I've played some really great roles.

Hamlet is a little daunting.

It was my first straight dramatic role, and the most adult, intelligent one I have ever played.

I've played Hamlet and Coriolanus, Orlando in 'As You like It' and Ariel in 'Tempest,' among others.

Visually speaking, nothing calls Shakespeare to mind like Hamlet holding Yorick's skull.

I would love to be remembered as one of the greatest Lears or Hamlets.

I've got no need to prove to myself that I can do Shakespeare. I've done it.

Doing Shakespeare in the Park has always been a dream. Everyone else says Hamlet, but I want to play Romeo.

My dream as a youngster was to be like Olivier. To be a great stage actor. To be a great Shakespearean actor. To me that is the Olympics of acting.

After making my stage debut aged nine as Macduff's small son in 'Macbeth,' I had played a number of parts, from 'Twelfth Night's Viola to 'The Merchant Of Venice's Portia'.

The first 10 years I was a professional actor, I did Shakespeare.

I've played almost every lead character from Henry VI to Othello. I'm dying to tackle Richard III sometime.

'King Lear,' I've been seeing all my life. I mean, the great actors of my lifetime... to join their company, as it were, by playing a part that's challenged them, is one of the great joys of being an actor who does the classics.

When I was younger and studying acting, I never ever saw myself in the sitcom world; it was drama that really turned me on and still does.

Hamlet, that's the only role there is, finally. The only role. After that, you settle down and only do the fun things on stage.

The only time I've played a real baddy was when I was Regan in 'King Lear.'

The longer I've been doing this, the more I've realized that you have no idea what kinds of roles are possible for you - dream roles can take you by surprise. That being said, I need to play Hamlet one day. I'd also love to be in a play that I have written myself.