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莎士比亚
Shakespeare
A remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he is really very good in spite of all the people who say he is very good.
莎士比亚的一个非凡之处在于，尽管所有人都说他很优秀，但他真的很优秀。
To judge therefore of Shakespeare by Aristotle's rule is like trying a man by the Laws of one Country who acted under those of another.
因此，用亚里士多德的规则来评判莎士比亚，就像用一个国家的法律来审判一个人，而这个国家的法律又在另一个国家的法律之下行事。
Was there ever such stuff as great as part of Shakespeare? Only one must not say so! But what think you? - What? - Is there not sad stuff? What? - What?
莎士比亚作品中有这样伟大的东西吗?只有一个人不能这样说!但是你怎么看?——什么?-没有悲伤的东西吗?什么?——什么?
The society Shakespeare knew was heading for tremendous change, and he seems to have recognized that and written about it in a coded way. I understand those codes, I think.
莎士比亚所知道的社会正在走向巨大的变革，他似乎已经意识到了这一点，并以一种编码的方式写了出来。我想我理解这些代码。
This was Shakespeare's form; who walked in every path of human life, felt every passion; and to all mankind doth now, will ever, that experience yield which his own genius only could acquire.
这就是莎士比亚的形式;谁走在人生的每一条道路上，感受着每一份激情;对于全人类来说，只有他自己的天才才能获得的经验，现在才会有，将来也永远会有。
I acknowledge Shakespeare to be the world's greatest dramatic poet, but regret that no parent could place the uncorrected book in the hands of his daughter, and therefore I have prepared the Family Shakespeare.
我承认莎士比亚是世界上最伟大的戏剧诗人，但遗憾的是没有父母能把这本未经修改的书交到女儿手中，因此我准备了莎士比亚家族的作品。
My background is somewhat unusual, as I trained to be a ballet dancer. I worked in the theatre for eight or nine years as a contemporary dancer. But as an actor one does read Shakespeare and does try to learn the classics.
我的背景有些不同寻常，因为我受过芭蕾舞训练。我在剧院当了八九年的现代舞演员。但作为一名演员，你确实要读莎士比亚的作品，也要努力学习古典文学。
If Shakespeare thought comedy worthwhile, that means the rest of us can take a break from tragedy now and then without betraying our calling, even if the modern professional intellectual, a poseur by nature, has yet to discover this.
如果莎士比亚认为喜剧是值得的，那就意味着我们其他人可以从悲剧中抽身而出，而不会背叛我们的使命，即使现代的专业知识分子，一个天生的装腔作势者，还没有发现这一点。
It's easier to do Shakespeare than Spelling, and I know that sounds crazy, because the challenge of Shakespeare is living up to Shakespeare, living up to that word, not failing, you know, where with Aaron Spelling it's like, just try to look good. Or maybe don't use Spelling there, that's bad. No - you can. He's dead.
做莎士比亚比拼写莎士比亚更容易，我知道这听起来很疯狂，因为莎士比亚面临的挑战是不辜负莎士比亚，不辜负那个词，而不是失败，你知道，艾伦拼写的时候，就是试着看起来很好。或者不用拼写，这很糟糕。不，你可以。他死了。
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Shakespeare was the great one before us. His place was between God and despair.
莎士比亚是我们之前的伟人。他处在上帝和绝望之间。
Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and you're a Shakespeare.
找到足够聪明的话来说，你就是一个首相;把它们写下来，你就是莎士比亚。
Shakespeare doesn't really write subtext, you play the subtext.
莎士比亚并不是在潜台词，而是在潜台词。
What Shakespeare and the Greeks were able to do was radically question what it meant to be a human being.
莎士比亚和希腊人所能做的是从根本上质疑人类的意义。
Someday I'd love to do Shakespeare.
有一天我想演莎士比亚。
Shakespeare has no answers for us at all.
莎士比亚根本没有答案。