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If Shakespeare had to go on an author tour to promote Romeo and Juliet, he never would have written Macbeth. -- Joyce Brothers
I think Romeo and Juliet is uplifting. That's how much a son wishes to avenge his father. That is how much two young people can love each other. -- Ben Kingsley
I'm probably not going to get married unless I live with somebody for 10 or 20 years. But these people (Romeo and Juliet) took a chance and they did it. We don't have the balls that Romeo did. -- Leonardo DiCaprio
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. -- Richard Le Gallienne
I thought Leonardo DiCaprio was amazing in Baz Luhrmann's 'Romeo and Juliet.' -- Brenton Thwaites
What if Shakespeare had had a test audience for Romeo and Juliet or Hamlet? -- Brendan Fraser
For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo. -- William Shakespeare
I am such a diehard romantic. I guess a part of me thinks I am Juliet. -- Olivia Hussey
There are really only two plays: Romeo and Juliet, and put the darn ball in the basket. -- Abe Lemons
But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. -- William Shakespeare
Barriers tend to intensify romance. It's called the 'Romeo and Juliet effect.' I call it 'frustration attraction.' -- Helen Fisher
I've done 'Two Gentlemen of Verona,' I've understudied Iago in 'Othello.' I've done Mercutio in 'Romeo and Juliet.' -- Robert Englund
We want to do for 'Hamlet' what Baz Luhrmann did for 'Romeo and Juliet' in terms of like a really cool kind of re-imagining. -- Emile Hirsch
Playing Juliet in 'Heavenly Creatures' changed my life, and the role of Clementine in' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' opened many new doors creatively. -- Kate Winslet
People often argue about this. Obviously one of the skills in performance is acting, and you can't expect every Romeo to really be in love with their Juliet! -- Deborah Bull
Romeo And Juliet' is the classic love story. When two lovers are separated and trying to get back to one another, that's fiercely romantic and something you become glued to. -- Saoirse Ronan
I always say to people, 'You know, if Romeo and Juliet got married, nobody would care about them.' Imagine Romeo and Juliet, six kids yelling, 'Mama, Mama, Papa, Papa!' -- Marjane Satrapi
With Romeo and Juliet, you're talking about two people who meet one night, and get married the same night. I believe in love at first sight-but it hasn't happened to me yet. -- Leonardo DiCaprio
And I just think that to introduce an unknown Shakespeare is thrilling, too - not to do Hamlet or Romeo and Juliet, to do the richer Shakespeare. People will come to this and not know the story. -- Julie Taymor
All the great Shakespeare plays are about killing. 'Alas, poor Yorick,' that's about death. And in 'Romeo and Juliet' everyone up ends up dying. The greatest dramas in the world are all about sex, violence and death. -- Ray Winstone
When I started dating I had this kind of Romeo and Juliet, fateful romantic idea about love which was almost that you were a victim and there was a lot of pain involved and that was how it should be. -- Emma Watson
I had played the Virgin Mary in 'Jesus of Nazareth,' and I had done 'Juliet' at the age of 15. People said, 'Where do you go from playing Juliet and the Virgin Mary?' And I said, 'Mother Teresa of Calcutta.' -- Olivia Hussey
The rivalry between the Montague and the Capulet kids seems very modern to me. Juliet is a free spirit, full of untapped love and passion. I think a lot of girls can relate to her. And it's very relevant in terms of kids defying their parents. -- Hailee Steinfeld
I take the subway all the time here in New York. I love people watching and trying to figure out everybody's background, especially teenagers - they're so uninhibited when they display puppy love. I concoct stories in my mind: 'Are you guys like Romeo and Juliet?' -- Sherri Shepherd
A glooming peace this morning with it brings; The sun, for sorrow, will not show his head: Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things; Some shall be pardon'd, and some punished: For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo. -- William Shakespeare
Look, three love affairs in history, are Abelard and Eloise, Romeo and Juliet and the American media and this President at the moment. But this doesn't matter over time. Reality will impinge. If his programs work, he's fine. If it doesn't work, all of the adulation of journalists in the world won't matter. -- George Will
Nothing good happened to Romeo or Juliet. -- Susan Beth Pfeffer
Juliet is the east and i am the sun. -- William Shakespeare
Ophelia was bonkers, right? And Juliet was what, a sixth-grader? -- Rainbow Rowell
Juliet had it easy; she never had to kill Romeo. -- Richelle Mead
I thought Leonardo DiCaprio was amazing in Baz Luhrmanns Romeo and Juliet. -- Brenton Thwaites
The story of the movie [Romeo + Juliet] is timeless. It's relevant then. -- Quindon Tarver
It only takes a Romeo for every girl to become a Juliet. -- M.F. Moonzajer
We are all Romeos looking for our Juliet, but never finding her. -- Rae Hachton
Romeo and Juliet *died*. I always liked that in a teen romance story. -- James Nicoll
A laughing Lear would be monstrous. Not so a laughing Romeo and Juliet. -- Mason Cooley
Jesus, woman!" he snapped. "When did we have to become Romeo and Juliet? -- Anne Stuart
Blind is his love and best befits the dark- Benvolio (in Romeo and Juliet) -- William Shakespeare
I did a crazy version of 'Romeo and Juliet' once, and I played Romeo. -- Mads Mikkelsen
I think the first thing I did was several scenes from Romeo and Juliet. -- Sally Field
The one I love is the son of the one I hate! -Juliet p. 75 -- William Shakespeare
Best love story is not Romeo and Juliet but Jesus at Calvary on the Cross. -- Evans Biya
Every high school has its Romeo and Juliet, one tragic couple. So does every generation. -- Chuck Palahniuk
I think this [Gnomeo & Juliet] is the closest I ought to get to Shakespeare to be honest. -- Matt Lucas
I loved the Romeo and Juliet of the whole thing; this forbidden love between these two characters. -- Tyler Hoechlin
Juliet is so beautiful," Mr. Buckmaster agreed, "that her being a maid is a reflection on capitalism. -- Poyntz Tyler
Sometimes the leads are equally balanced, like in 'Romeo and Juliet,' but sometimes they're just not. -- Ailyn Perez
Juliet singles out Romeo. Desdemona claims Othello. They have no doubts, the young, no fear, no pride. -- Agatha Christie
Romeo and Juliet were stunning and beautiful, but a lot of the other characters surrounding them were caricatures. -- Douglas Booth
It's a myth that older writers can't write for younger audiences. Shakespeare wasn't 15 when he wrote Romeo and Juliet. -- Tracy Keenan Wynn
I know what love is: Tracy and Hepburn, Bogart and Bacall, Romeo and Juliet, Jackie and John and Marilyn... -- Ian Shoales
No one is born to courage, Juliet. Courage is a habit you develop after cowardice has gotten you nothing. -- Sabrina Jeffries
After drama school I did a seven-month tour of Europe performing in 'Romeo and Juliet.' I played Romeo. -- Clive Owen
Look, if you're playing Romeo and your Juliet is a pig, you find something you can love about pigs! -- Montgomery Clift
What did Romeo and Juliet do?" They died," I remind her gently. "Some mix-up with the poison- -- Gordon Korman
Tell me, daughter Juliet, How stands your dispositions to be married" It is an honor that I dream not of -- William Shakespeare
And like a soprano shattering glass, Juliet heard something snap deep inside. It was the sound of her heart breaking. -- Alexandra Potter
And what, for instance, would have happened had Romeo and Juliet lived to middle age, their silhouettes broadened by pasta? -- Anita Loos
Did Romeo and Juliet have a ... "relationship"? The term "relationship" ... betokens a chaste egalitarianism leveling different ranks and degrees of attachment. -- Allan Bloom
As Romeo and Juliet found to their cost, marriage is never just about two people falling in love, it is about families. -- Marina Lewycka
Hail, blest Confusion! here are met All tongues, and times, and faces; The Lancers flirt with Juliet, The Brahmin talks of races. -- Winthrop Mackworth Praed
Juliet's version of cleanliness was next to godliness, which was to say it was erratic, past all understanding and was seldom seen. -- Terry Pratchett
I loved 'Truly Madly Deeply' and all those 1990s romcoms because you had great actresses like Juliet Stevenson and Emma Thompson starting out. -- Helen George
The best kiss in nature is not between Romeo and Juliet, but it is between a dying autumn leaf and a shiny water drop! -- Mehmet Murat ildan
Juliet and Romeo be damned, you can't be in love until you've flossed your teeth next to the person at least three hundred times... -- Marisha Pessl
I loved Jared Leto. My So-Called Life, that was my jam. And Leonardo DiCaprio in Romeo + Juliet. Every 14-year-old girl was obsessed with that. -- Jodi Sweetin
Most of the famous love affairs of literature or film were quite short. What was Romeo & Juliet? How long were they together? A few days. -- Jesse Harris
Most of the famous love affairs of literature or film were quite short. What was 'Romeo & Juliet'? How long were they together? A few days. -- Jesse Harris
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. -- Kelly Blatz
Hannakins: I know you guys are living out your own private Romeo and Juliet love story, but remember: Both of them die in Act V. -A -- Sara Shepard
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. -- Mary Elizabeth Winstead
From the American retelling of Romeo and Juliet in West Side Story to the Japanese adaptation of King Lear in Ran, Shakespeare's cultural influence is virtually limitless. -- Gordon Smith
I actually got to stay and watch the filming of different parts of the movie [Romeo+Juliet]. I got to meet some of the co-stars, like John Leguizamo. -- Quindon Tarver
I read too many romance novels during my formative years. I have a penchant for romantic comedies. I understand why 'Romeo and Juliet' came to such a pass. -- Roxane Gay
If Shakespeare had lived in our age, he would have been sued for writing Romeo And Juliet, because as everybody knows, he plagiarized that from an Italian play. -- Lloyd Kaufman
It was my life, playing Juliet. From that moment on I was convinced I was going to be an actress. That was all I really wanted to do. -- Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Besides," he said breezily, "were it not for misunderstandings, we would be sadly lacking in great literature." She looked at him questioningly. "Where would Romeo and Juliet be?" "Alive. -- Julia Quinn
'Romeo And Juliet' is the classic love story. When two lovers are separated and trying to get back to one another, that's fiercely romantic and something you become glued to. -- Saoirse Ronan
Can he love her? Can the soul really be satisfied with such polite affections? To love is to burn - to be on fire, like Juliet or Guinevere or Eloise... -- Emma Thompson
Romeo, of dead, should be cut up into little stars to make the heavens fine. Life, with this pair, has no other aim, asks no more,than Juliet,--than Romeo. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is not realistic, maybe ... but art doesn't have to be realistic. Romeo and Juliet is not realistic, but it is true... it shows the essence of falling in love. -- Jan Harlan
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. -- Gary D. Schmidt
I think when I was 12, when, like, 'Titanic' and 'Romeo + Juliet' came out, my friends and I made our own Leonardo DiCaprio fan club. I definitely had a thing for him. -- Mary Elizabeth Winstead
The maddening thing is as actors of either sex, we get better as we get older, and so when you are 65, you think, 'I could play Juliet now. I understand it.' -- Joanna Lumley
think about it: Romeo and Juliet bucked the system, and look where it got them. Superman has the hots for Lois Lane, when the better match, of course, would be with Wonder Woman. -- Jodi Picoult
It become totally untenable to me that after acting for 25 years - I've played Juliet, Cleopatra and Anne Frank - there I was, sitting in Hollywood, just waiting for somebody to want me. -- Susan Strasberg
They may seize On the white wonder of dear Juliet's hand And steal immortal blessing from her lips, Who, even in pure and vestal modesty, Still blush, as thinking their own kisses sin. -- William Shakespeare
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. -- Alexandra Potter
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.' -- Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
No Romeo-and-Juliet acts, no nonsense about Love with a large L, none of that popular song claptrap with its skies of blue, dreams come true, heaven with you. Just sensuality for its own sake. -- Aldous Huxley
What I've always loved about watching movies myself of course that's [Bas] Luhrmann. His Moulin Rouge! is incredible, his Romeo + Juliet. Wow. You know. When I saw those, those really were transformative films for me. -- Fredrik Bond
I was obsessed with Claire Danes because she was Juliet. There is something about her still to this day - she is a brilliant actress. And she did make out with both of my boyfriends. -- Jodi Sweetin
Tis torture, and not mercy. Heaven is here Where Juliet lives, and every cat and dog And little mouse, every unworthy thing, Live here in heaven and may look on her, But Romeo may not. -- William Shakespeare
Juliet!' I whip around but not quickly enough. She's swallowed by the crowd, the gap that allowed her to break for the door closing just as quickly as it opened, a shifting Tetris pattern of bodies... -- Lauren Oliver
All the great Shakespeare plays are about killing. Alas, poor Yorick, thats about death. And in Romeo and Juliet everyone up ends up dying. The greatest dramas in the world are all about sex, violence and death. -- Ray Winstone
I tried to forget about playing Romeo in 'Romeo and Juliet' and just think about him as a normal guy, as a normal character, and just try and approach him the same I would every other character. -- Douglas Booth
When 'Romeo and Juliet' came along, I fell in love with the way that it was written and how innocent and vulnerable it was and how different it was from 'True Grit.' I really liked that. -- Hailee Steinfeld
Make no mistake: I love women. I'm married to one, I was birthed by one, and I played one in my high school production of 'Romeo and Juliet.' No one else could fit into the bodice. -- Stephen Colbert
When I was 16 years old, I joined a drama group called North Queensland Academy of Dramatic Art under a woman called Maggie Shephard-King. She inspired me to audition for the role of Romeo in 'Romeo and Juliet.' -- Brenton Thwaites
When I was in England doing Romeo and Juliet as a child star, I was interviewed by the British press, who are even more vicious and cruel than the Americans. So I have been extremely guarded ever since. -- Claire Bloom
Vidal gives the impression of believing that the entire heterosexual edifice - registry offices, 'Romeo and Juliet,' the disposable diaper - is just a sorry story of self-hypnosis and mass hysteria: a hoax, a racket, or sheer propaganda. -- Martin Amis
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. -- Marilyn Monroe
The theme of the dance was "Great Romances," or some such nonsense. There were projections of supposedly great couples from the past on the walls of the gym. Romeo and Juliet, Antony and Cleopatra, Hermione and Ron, Bonnie and Clyde, etc. -- Gabrielle Zevin
They had become a fixed star in the shifting firmament of the high school's relationships, the acknowledged Romeo and Juliet. And she knew with sudden hatefulness that there was one couple like them in every white suburban high school in America. -- Stephen King
I guess they still show the movie in school, so around the time of movie showing, my Facebook inbox and my Instagram DM is flooded. "Are you the Quindon Tarver from the movie Romeo + Juliet? Oh my god, you did a great job." -- Quindon Tarver
I've played Romeo for Juliet(But in depth)It's vignettes of silhouettes(And then read)And watched Russian roulette, yeah red SovietYet doing it simultaneouslyWhile dropping down shed oubliettesTurned around and took truth to the head thatLove is the ugliest thing too beautiful for death -- Criss Jami
Writing fiction is an inherently political activity because people-even imaginary ones-do not live in vacuums... From Twilight to Romeo and Juliet to The Little Mermaid, no work of the imagination is truly apolitical, because the world and our hopes for it are always part of our stories. -- John Green
Juliet is one of those rare novels that has it all: lush prose, tightly intertwined parallel narratives, intrigue, and historical detail all set against a backdrop of looming danger. Anne Fortier casts a new light on one of history's greatest stories of passion. I was swept away. -- Sara Gruen
Juliet, when we made love, you used to cry. You said, "I love you like the stars above, I'll love you 'til I die". There's a place for us, you know the movie song. When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet? -- Mark Knopfler
I like to do variations of all kinds of different work. One of my roles in Israel was for the theatre - Romeo & Juliet. So from that role I went to - I was playing, I believe her name was Amanda in the U.S., on "Ugly Betty." -- Meital Dohan
This is the most complicated relationship since Romeo and Juliet," she complained. "You're both hopeless. I mean, what is the big problem? You love him. He adores you. You get together and live happily ever after. Any questions? No, of course not. That'll be ten dollars, thank you. -- John Marsden
According to Hollywood logic, none of the actual Titanic passengers was interesting enough, so the writer-director had to invent a Romeo and Juliet-style fictional couple to heat up the catastrophe. This seems a tiny bit like giving Anne Frank a wacky best friend, to perk up that attic. -- Paul Rudnick
I guess the best thing about marriage is the fact you've got the coolest partner you can imagine by your side for all the things you're going to face in your life. So far, Juliet's been there for me. She's been good for my voice, good for my everything. -- Julian Casablancas
These were not people you could disagree with. If you disagreed, you were wrong."Juliet Hopkins, Tavistock Institute, as quoted in Relationships and how They Shape Our Capacity to Love By Robert Karen -- Juliet Hopkins
In truth, fair Montague, I am too fond... -- William Shakespeare
Out of her favour, where I am in love. -- William Shakespeare
Don't waste your love on somebody, who doesn't value it. -- William Shakespeare
The world is not thy friend, nor the world's law. - Romeo -- William Shakespeare
Affliction is enamoured of thy parts, And thou art wedded to calamity. -- William Shakespeare
You have dancing shoes with nimble soles. I have a soul of lead. -- William Shakespeare

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