197 Quotes by Kenneth Branagh

My definition of success is control.

I remember the first book I bought, when I was about 11... Dad said, 'What have you got that for? What are libraries for?'

I suppose that was my first bit of acting, the acquisition of an English accent. It was really just an attempt to be understood.

Don’t stand up when you can sit down and don’t sit down when you can lie down.

It doesn't mean old or younger. I've learned a lot from people much younger than me as well as people much older than me. So I think it's about honesty and generosity.

I think in the wake of the domination of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, everyone is now looking for a grand plan.

I think television goes through phases, like other creative arts, where suddenly a group of people are producing exciting work all at once.

Hamlet and Victor Frankenstein are each obsessed with death. Hamlet's whole story is a philosophical preparation for death; Victor's is an intellectual refusal to accept it.

I think we love the escapism of something like 'Cinderella,' and I think we do with 'Thor.'