"I loved doing Shakespeare. My two favorite roles, in fact, have been Viola in Twelfth Night and Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream"
- Blythe Danner
About this Quote
Blythe Danner is expressing her love for performing Shakespeare. She has a particular fondness for 2 of the characters she has portrayed: Viola in Twelfth Night and Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream. These two characters are most likely unique to her due to the fact that of the intricacy of their stories and the depth of their emotions. Viola is a girl who is forced to camouflage herself as a man in order to endure, while Helena is a female who is frantically in love with a guy who does not return her love. Danner's gratitude for these characters and the stories they inhabit speaks to her talent as an actor and her capability to bring these characters to life. Her love for performing Shakespeare appears in her quote, and it is clear that she has a deep appreciation for the works of the Bard.
This quote is written / told by Blythe Danner somewhere between February 3, 1943 and today. She was a famous Actress from USA.
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