I led a fairly rackety life but was always serious about acting. At Stratford, in As You Like It, I got my first laugh in ShakespeareI started out as one of the worst Shakespearean actors - I was a joyless Juliet and the dourest Desdemona. I believed you had to respect Shakespeare that you couldn't crack a smile, that you had to stand straight, speak out loud and look very serious. I held him in such awe that I wasn…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06AM on May 7, 2014