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We need to change America's image round the world. America has lost some lustre in terms of how folks aspire to be like us.


Samuel L. Jackson

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SAMUEL BARNETT In New York, I get people coming up to me because 'The History Boys' was such a hit on Broad...
SAMUEL BARNETT With Millais's paintings, it's microscopic; when he does hair, it's extraordinary: you c...
SAMUEL BARNETT I hope it's always going to be a mix between theatre, film and radio. I've been very lucky l...
SAMUEL BARNETT The Pre-Raphaelites, while very bothered by what the establishment thought of them, also utterly reb...
SAMUEL BARNETT My life, my family and my friends are back in the U.K., so ideally I would love the kind of career t...
SAMUEL BARNETT I have my own faith which I've developed. It's non-denominational. I don't even know if ...
SAMUEL BARNETT I have been out of drama school for 13 years, so there are 13 years' worth of graduates behind m...
SAMUEL BARNETT I never wanted to do Shakespeare; I never liked watching it, it's always frightened me, and I...
SAMUEL BARNETT Acting is a sport - especially working with Mark Rylance. There is competition involved. I have to b...
SAMUEL BARNETT I really admire paintings that look like an actual snapshot - I think that's just extraordinary.
SAMUEL BARNETT I love just walking around New York. It's like a whole world in one place.
SAMUEL BARNETT Obviously we had to study Shakespeare at school, but to be honest, I was not a fan. I found the lang...
SAMUEL BARNETT It's like saying French shouldn't be taught because you don't understand it because it&#...
SAMUEL BARNETT This industry isn't fair. It doesn't owe anybody a career. It's just about luck, determi...
SAMUEL BARNETT I feel like I've gotten more than a lot of people will ever get. I feel very fortunate.
SAMUEL BARNETT Like the Elizabeth I play, Queen Elizabeth is a monarch who actually moves with the times. She gets ...
SAMUEL BARNETT I've definitely learned that if you want to have power as a woman in Shakespeare's time, and...
SAMUEL BARNETT Journalists have sometimes looked to my Twitter account and quoted me from there, and that's fin...
SAMUEL BARNETT I like all sorts of art, that's why I love wandering around The National Gallery.
SAMUEL BARNETT I was supposed to be a doctor. I was supposed to go to Princeton. And everything I was supposed to d...
SAMUEL BARBER I've had little success in intellectual circles. I'm not talked about in the 'New York R...
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