47 Quotes by Sam Wanamaker

This is more than just the rebuilding of the Globe, creating some kind of monument to Shakespeare which he doesn't need. His books are his monuments. But this will be a major center for the study of Shakespeare in performance. We are making the only faithful effort to restore the theater in every respect as close to the original as possible.

The Globe will become an automatic sight like the Tower of London and St. Paul's.

There are more movie stars in the lobby of the Aquadulce than there are in the lobby of the Beverly Hills Hotel.

It's very difficult to know exactly what a major audience is going to respond to. 'We know they respond to certain personalities. That has been proven by the success of certain people in television who have gone from show to show and carried an audience with them. Apart from that, it's very hard to say what formula works.

Shakespeare is, after all, Britain's greatest poet and dramatist.

I foresee the Globe attracting scholars from all over the world.

People constantly express surprise that Americans are so hot for Shakespeare. But Britain's culture is American culture, too.

You can do something almost any minutes that will ruin you, no matter how good you have been.

Since the theater is going to be reconstructed in the techniques of joinery craftsmanship as it was before, it will take longer to make. It will be a complex of buildings, not just the Globe, with a major permanent exhibition of the Elizabethan theater.