Mark Antony Quotes

Playing Mark Antony in 'Rome' will always be a favourite of mine because he was such an outrageously big and interesting character to play. Also, the fact that we were able, with that character, to find out and present the public with a biography of that man that had not been really seen before.

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.

I really don't remember much about Cleopatra. There were a lot of other things going on.

Romans, countrymen, and lovers, hear me for my cause, and be silent, that you may hear.

Cleopatra was on a political mission to save her country and her power, but what we remember about her are these two famed seductions, which are a matter of politics, not a matter of love.

Cleopatra is one of the roles that I would love to do!

I wouldn't dare to speculate as to Cleopatra's falling in love. Her relationships are too convenient for that.

We're talking about, essentially, the Roman historians, who wrote Cleopatra into the story mostly so that they could talk about the rise of Rome. And that is one of the problems, of course, in recounting her life. She's only ever apparent to us when there is a Roman in the room, or when her story intersects with the rise of Rome.

No one in the modern world controls the wealth or territory that Cleopatra did.