Edward Hall Quotes

"We have cut the text, but what remains are Shakespeare's words."
- Edward Hall
(Related: Shakespeare, Words)

"I was a terrible actor. The analytical part of my mind never quite let go."
- Edward Hall
(Related: Actor, Mind)

"I'd love to do some new plays."
- Edward Hall
(Related: Love)

"While trying to protect the republic, the conspirators in Julius Caesar enable Mark Antony to triumph. In Rose Rage, the more Henry VI tries to fix things, the more they go wrong."
- Edward Hall
(Related: Trying, Wrong)

"Oh, come off it, I've only directed three plays for the RSC."
- Edward Hall

"People come to the theatre to be excited and uplifted - I want to inspire my audience."
- Edward Hall
(Related: People, Theatre, Want)

"Shakespeare reveals human nature brilliantly: he shines a light on our instinctive desire to dominate each other."
- Edward Hall
(Related: Nature, Desire, Human nature, Light, Shakespeare)

"Theatre is about people, not buildings. Incalculable damage has been done to the expert talent a company needs - from wardrobe to lighting technicians."
- Edward Hall
(Related: Talent, People, Company, Needs, Theatre)

"We felt that although they were patchy, there was a tremendous political energy in the Henry plays."
- Edward Hall
(Related: Energy)

"Normally, an actress has to work to bring out her male side. In our case, the dynamic is reversed. The actor playing her modelled himself on Sharon Stone."
- Edward Hall
(Related: Work, Actor)

"Each organism, no matter how simple or complex, has around it a sacred bubble of space, a bit of mobile territoriality which only a few other organisms are allowed to penetrate and then only for short periods of time."
- Edward Hall
(Related: Time, Space)

"I hate getting bored."
- Edward Hall
(Related: Hate)

"I wanted to make the violence beautiful in order to heighten our revulsion."
- Edward Hall
(Related: Order, Violence)