Baz Luhrrman's movie Romeo and Juliet is what made me decide that I wanted to dedicate my life to making films one way or another.
If Romeo and Juliet make a tragedy of it nowadays, they have only to blame their own mismanagement, for the world is with them as it has never been before, and all sensible fathers and mothers know it.
I think this [Gnomeo & Juliet] is the closest I ought to get to Shakespeare to be honest.
He that hath the steerage of my course, Direct my sail.
The weakest goes to the wall.
Benvolio- "By my head, here come the Capulets. " Mercutio- "By my heel, I care not.
Some grief shows much of love, But much of grief shows still some want of wit.
I've read all of Shakespeare and practiced a lot of lines. . . . I am going to do Juliet first. Don't laugh. What, with what makeup, costume and camera can do, my acting will create a Juliet who is 14, an innocent virgin.
The world is not thy friend, nor the world's law. - Romeo
I'll look to like; if looking, liking move.
Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied, And vice sometime by action dignified.
Think about what artists, novelists and poets have in common: the ability to engage in metaphorical thinking, linking seemingly unrelated ideas, such as, 'It is the east, and Juliet is the Sun. '
What did Romeo and Juliet do?” They died,” I remind her gently. “Some mix-up with the poison-
Flowers are the Romeos and the Juliets of the nature!
Nor aught so good but strained from that fair use, Revolts from true birth stumbling on abuse.
When I was 10, my school did Romeo and Juliet. I was Juliet, and that was, like, the biggest deal ever. I was completely obsessed with the role.
If Romeo had never met Juliet, maybe they both would have still been alive, but what they would have been alive for is the question Shakespeare wants us to answer.
Juliet shook her head. The thought of eating anything made her feel nauseous. "No thanks, I'm not hungry. " "Oh yeah, the heartbreak diet," nodded Trudy sagely. "Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt.
It's a myth that older writers can't write for younger audiences. Shakespeare wasn't 15 when he wrote Romeo and Juliet.
Juliet singles out Romeo. Desdemona claims Othello. They have no doubts, the young, no fear, no pride.