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When I first started acting, and we would all sit down and talk about Shakespeare and how great it was, I thought well, I suppose it is. It is if you get to play Macbeth or Hamlet. But who wants to play bloody Lady Macbeth or Ophelia? And it struck me that most women seem to be required to pit themselves against men in dramatic situations, and the men got to pit themselves against ideas or God.

- Judy Davis

Besides `Next Generation,` I would have to say that most of my other favorite things that I`ve done have been theater projects. Playing Ophelia in Hamlet" is one of my favorites. Esmeralda in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and Magenta in "Rocky Horror" are my other favorite stage roles."(1994)

- Marina Sirtis

No evacuees are going to be sent here until the threat of Ophelia has passed.

- Arun Sinha

Let me be clear: Ophelia is a dangerous storm,

- Atul Vohra