7/9/2023 0 Comments Julius caesar quotes stars![]() ![]() "It is something I have been training for during most of my career: Getting ready to do Shakespeare, simply wherever people ask me to do it." - Colm Feore on his long career as a Shakespearean actor "Putting suits on and army fatigues and all of that, it says, 'Hey, it's a human condition and things haven't changed that much.'" - Denzel Washington on the use of modern costumes in the play And incorporating those intentions into the language of Shakespeare, you really get what's going on." - Tamara Tunie on Shakespeare's unique language "Though we may not use the same words now, we still have the same intentions. It was a hard job and with a man like Denzel as our head, we knew we head to step to the plate." - Eamonn Walker on working as an ensemble Very quickly everybody started to kind of support each other because we knew the task ahead. "'I want to be on that stage when that happens.' And it was phenomenal." - William Sadler on his thoughts when approached to play Julius Caesar You need all the blood you can get to get everybody to feel everything they should feel. "When you kill the head of the state, it's a big thing. It's made of syrup and sugar and food coloring and it's sticky." - Jack Willis on the fake blood I think we're cleaning a cashmere jacket for them right now." - William Sadler on the great amount of fake blood used on the stage "Somebody in the front row got some of our blood tonight. He's the thing that gave us all jobs." - Jack Willis, who plays Casca The Belasco would have another play in there or it would be dark right now. We wouldn't be doing it if Denzel hadn't signed on. If you were there, he signed it." - Colm Feore on Denzel Washington's interaction with his fans "To see them by the hundreds, standing outside after a performance, and even between two show days, Denzel is out there. I think that it is profound that these people are being so affected by this man." - Jessica Hecht on Denzel Washington's fans ![]() That's why we're all here." - Denzel Washington on the lack of divas in the cast I think he's astonishing." - William Sadler on Denzel Washington I don't think they're disappointed at all. "People have come from all over the world to see Denzel in this, and I don't blame them. Just wouldn't do it." - Colm Feore on how Denzel Washington's presence has brought new audiences to the show "What he's done is, he's drawn a whole group of people, who for one reason or another, just would never come down to Broadway to see a Shakespeare play. I'm truly an honored human being as we speak." - Eamonn Walker on working with Denzel Washington To stand next to that man and act or play is just mind-blowing. It wasn't so much Broadway, but I'll take it! I did want to get on the stage and do live theater, so when they approached me with this project, I jumped on it." - Denzel Washington on his return to the stage Tamara Tunie on playing the role of Caesar's wife Calpurnia "I decided that she was a combination of Hillary and Stockard Channing from the West Wing. I prepare by just praying that obviously that I could control things and then sort of releasing myself into the scene where nothing is able to be controlled." - Jessica Hecht on playing the over-the-top Portia "She's very sensitive, and I think she recognizes the nature of their situation, and she cannot help herself. "We just tried to take it to the next level so that it would be fresh and new for everybody hearing it for the first time and not worry about how it was said before." - Eamonn Walker, who plays Mark Anthony, on his famous "Friends, Romans, Countrymen…"speech ![]() "I think it's good to make it 'now' because nothing's really changed." - Denzel Washington on the political relevance of the play "I think people-whether they know it or not-are realizing its relevance." - Jessica Hecht on the modern-day setting for the production Who wouldn't want to be a part of this? Everybody from Denzel on down is just so sweet and wonderful." - Tamara Tunie on the opportunity to perform in this production You know, it's a very unique and special event. This is a big spectacle on a major scale, and I think Denzel creates a lot of that excitement himself personally." - William Sadler, who plays Julius Caesar It isn't like a big showy musical or a little tiny drama. WHO: The cast of Broadway's Julius Caesar ![]()
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