Claudius Quotes

I`m going to Stratford next year (2009) to play Claudius in `Hamlet,` knowing that I shall never be asked to give my Hamlet. I`ve done bits of it in recital, but I never played Hamlet, I never played Romeo, I never played Orlando, I never played Benedick. The sad thing is that when you`re really ready to play these roles - when you really know how to play them - nobody`s going to cast you.

My fascination with ancient Rome started as a kid back in Texas when my father turned me on to Robert Graves, who wrote `I, Claudius,`