I have a soul of lead So stakes me to the ground I cannot move.
It was my life, playing Juliet. From that moment on I was convinced I was going to be an actress. That was all I really wanted to do.
Ophelia was bonkers, right? And Juliet was what, a sixth-grader?
Juliet shook her head. The thought of eating anything made her feel nauseous. "No thanks, I'm not hungry. " "Oh yeah, the heartbreak diet," nodded Trudy sagely. "Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt.
It's a myth that older writers can't write for younger audiences. Shakespeare wasn't 15 when he wrote Romeo and Juliet.
I think this [Gnomeo & Juliet] is the closest I ought to get to Shakespeare to be honest.
Here is something that Peach, one of the Casserole Queens, says about men and women and love. You know that scene in Romeo and Juliet, where Romeo is standing on the ground looking longingly at Juliet on the balcony above him? One of the most romantic moments in all of literary history? Peach says there's no way that Romeo was standing down there to profess his undying devotion. The truth, Peach says, is that Romeo was just trying to look up Juliet's skirt.
Nothing good happened to Romeo or Juliet.
Blind is his love and best befits the dark- Benvolio (in Romeo and Juliet)
All the great Shakespeare plays are about killing. Alas, poor Yorick, thats about death. And in Romeo and Juliet everyone up ends up dying. The greatest dramas in the world are all about sex, violence and death.
The one I love is the son of the one I hate! -Juliet p. 75
Juliet singles out Romeo. Desdemona claims Othello. They have no doubts, the young, no fear, no pride.
Thank me no thankings, nor proud me no prouds.
Bono met his wife in high school," Park says. "So did Jerry Lee Lewis," Eleanor answers. "I’m not kidding," he says. "You should be," she says, "we’re sixteen. " "What about Romeo and Juliet?" "Shallow, confused," then dead. "I love you, Park says. "Wherefore art thou," Eleanor answers. "I’m not kidding," he says. "You should be.
If Romeo and Juliet make a tragedy of it nowadays, they have only to blame their own mismanagement, for the world is with them as it has never been before, and all sensible fathers and mothers know it.
What if Shakespeare had had a test audience for Romeo and Juliet or Hamlet?
He that is strucken blind can not forget the precious treasure of his eyesight lost.
I grew up with it. As a young actor, I was always aware of the brilliant work of Shakespeare. We studied Romeo & Juliet and Macbeth in school. As a young actor, you're always mystified and intrigued by such brilliant work. To actually have the chance to be involved in this production was a wonderful thing for me.
How art thou out of breath when thou hast breath To say to me that thou art out of breath?
Don't waste your love on somebody, who doesn't value it.
