I think that a lot of exciting elements are finding a place where a film is happily, truly about something. Kenneth Branagh More Quotes by Kenneth Branagh More Quotes From Kenneth Branagh I don't feel one could even remotely touch the idea of intimidating others, but because I've understood the other side of the experience, I will occasionally, if I smell that could even be in the air for a few minutes, say to the director, "Please, you must tell me anything you want. Please say all the things you think might be terribly hurtful like, 'That was boring.'" Kenneth Branagh airideasthinking Aging is the diminishing of early fearlessness. Kenneth Branagh fearlessnessaging If you've done a brilliant version it becomes something else. Kenneth Branagh versionsbrilliantdone I only really cast people who are desperate to be in it - who were dying to be in it, whose talent I believed in and were dead ready to do the work that was necessary. Kenneth Branagh talentdyingpeople Actually I think 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' could sit very very perfectly in the middle of a Disney world I think. Kenneth Branagh dreamnightthinking The ferocity of passion that is engendered by people when they don't like what you've done is really tremendous. It's intense. Kenneth Branagh passiondonepeople Even if people are all from the same place, there can be very, very different approaches. It's one of the things I'm fascinated by. It's why I like directing. I like to see how different people approach trying to be truthful, on camera or in the theater, and whether you can make them match up. Kenneth Branagh camerastryingpeople The long version of the play is actually an easier version to follow. In all of the cut versions the intense speeches are cut too close together for the audience and the actors. Kenneth Branagh cuttingplaylong After Frankenstein, I feel as if I want to make a film about somebody having a nice cup of tea. Kenneth Branagh nicewanttea As soon as someone I don’t respect tells me I can’t do something, it just makes me want to do it even more. Kenneth Branagh tell-me-i-can-ti-canwant I think the truth is the Marvel fiefdom exists very independently inside the Disney world, inside the Disney universe. They're not resistant to that kind of thing but they have their, you know there is a whole sort of machine energy and momentum that is the sort of creative drive behind the whole universe that has a big impact on the individual films. I'm glad those scenes got out there. And we've got a few interesting deleted scenes on this. Kenneth Branagh impactinterestingthinking With people in corsets you need, an hour and a half in you have to give somebody something, you have to have those trays with a little bit of fruit going around or something because you get that blood sugar [dropping] thing, so it's curious because that's in your mind at the same time as you're about to say, 'I think it's about the humanity and the depth of feeling and we need to feel [Cinderella] soul expand and by the way, more cheese for the people in the back.' Kenneth Branagh bloodpeoplethinking Everything is important, but there is a weight to these big or expected things and then there is the logistics of them and it's trying to find, while you worry about for instance the ballroom scene, how do you get 500 people to go to the loo in corsets and don't cost you an hour and how do you remember while you're organizing all that to take a breath and say, 'Well the scene is about all of that and it's about Prince hand on the small of Cinderella back as well' and we need time to do that properly as well. Kenneth Branagh worryhandspeople Even when a film is finished, when I direct a film, sometimes it's a dark profession, but it requires a peculiar form of courage that I admire. Kenneth Branagh peculiardarksometimes It's no accident that Cinderella has been in the culture for thousands of years, and in cross cultures. I've traveled a bit recently, and in Russia, they completely believe they own this tale. And in Italy, they feel it absolutely is part of who they are. There is a timeless web to it. Kenneth Branagh russiabelieveyears Truth is like most opinions - best unexpressed. Kenneth Branagh opiniontruthreality I started being interested in acting when I heard the voices of Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud and Sir Alec Guinness. Ive had the great privilege of working with Sir Derek Jacobi and Sir Anthony Hopkins. These are people who inspire the work that I do. Kenneth Branagh voiceinspirepeople I'm just a foul-mouthed Brit. Kenneth Branagh britsfoul Two billion people watched the royal wedding. Clearly, they're interested in that - the outside of what appears to be lives that have a certain amount of privilege. They have gifts, they have history, they have a sort of unusual and separate position, which maybe involves paying a price. Kenneth Branagh royal-weddingtwopeople Helena Bonham-Carter and I sat down to talk about [Cinderella movie] and she said, 'I really want to do it but only one thing I insist on and that's wings.' She had to have wings and [costume designer] Sandy Powell didn't want wings to begin with but had to be talked around, but that was fun. Kenneth Branagh wantwingsfun
