There's nothing like a great piece of theater - a great performance in a great piece of theater.

I much prefer to work with dead writers, and ones who were writing four hundred years ago.

If you cast your supporting cast well, it should be seamless. You shouldn't even notice who's a big part and who's a small part. A good cast enriches everything.

People grow and change and develop through their experiences, so ultimately you have to go with what's in the room - the feeling you get from them and what the camera picks up.

When Shakespeare doesn't feel like Shakespeare, it's the best.

Emil Fischer represents a symbol of Germany's greatness.

Vice stirs up war virtue fights.

History is mostly guessing the rest is prejudice.

A thing may in itself be the finest piece of writing one has ever done, and yet have absolutely no place in the manuscript one hopes to publish.

Never bored, so I'll never get old

I believe that I definitely developed into a refined and graceful woman due to ballet. It has shaped me in every way.

The business of the philosopher is well done if he succeeds in raising genuine doubt.

The penalty may be removed, the crime is eternal.

A child should always say what's true, And speak when he is spoken to, And behave mannerly at table: At least as far as he is able.

I just talk, and I guess some of my views came out.