All Is True (2018)

Kenneth Branagh: William Shakespeare

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• William Shakespeare : If you want to be a writer, and speak to others and for others, speak first for yourself. Search within. Consider the contents of your own soul. Your humanity. And if you're honest with yourself, then whatever you write, all is true.

• Henry : Mr. Shakespeare? I don't want to pester you.

  William Shakespeare : Good! Excellent news. Cheerio.

  Henry : I just wanted to ask you...

  William Shakespeare : The best way to get started as a writer is to start writing.

  Henry : No really, could I just...

  William Shakespeare : I don't have a favorite play, I admire all my fellow dramatists equally, and yes, I do think women should be allowed to perform the female roles as is the practice on the continent. Now, please do excuse me.

  Henry : I just wanted to ask how you knew.

  William Shakespeare : Knew what?

  Henry : Everything.

  William Shakespeare : My friend, I don't even know how to keep the slugs out of the Hollyhocks.

• Henry Wriothesley : We have only Johnson now.

  William Shakespeare : Who laughs at me because I speak no Greek and don't know whether Bohemia has a coast.

  Henry Wriothesley : Oh Christ Will, why do you care what he thinks? You wrote King Lear.

• William Shakespeare : I've lived so long in imaginary worlds, I think I've lost sight of what is real, of what is true.

• William Shakespeare : I'm not a good gardener, it's true. I find it easier to create things with words.