It’s difficult for me to say, but I don’t think the sex scenes are particularly erotic.

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The quote suggests that the actor Mark Rylance does not find the intimate scenes in movies or shows to be especially exciting or arousing. He seems to be uncomfortable or uncertain about discussing this topic directly. The quote implies that the actor may have a different perspective on the portrayal of intimacy in media compared to what some viewers might expect or enjoy.

About Mark Rylance

Mark Rylance is an acclaimed English actor, playwright, and theatre director who has won numerous awards, including an Academy Award, for his work on stage and screen. He was the first artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe in London and has appeared in a variety of notable films and television productions, showcasing his versatility and talent.

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Well, my wife always says to me, and I think it’s true, it’s very difficult for us to understand the Elizabethan understanding and enjoyment and perception of form as it is to say… it would be for them to understand computers or going to the moon or something.

Mark Rylance

English actor, playwright and theatre director

But I find with Francis Bacon, some of the things were in the place, and someone who was connected with these schools of thought, and someone who had a motivation that equals the scope of the comedy and the tragedy in the plays.

Mark Rylance

English actor, playwright and theatre director

And it is a very beautiful idea, and possibly true, that a common man from Stratford with a common education was able to write these plays.

Mark Rylance

English actor, playwright and theatre director

Burleigh, absolutely; and a lot about Elizabeth. I mean I found when I play Henry V a lot of connections with the hidden history of the connection between Francis Bacon and Elizabeth.

Mark Rylance

English actor, playwright and theatre director

It’s difficult for me to say, but I don’t think the sex scenes are particularly erotic.

Mark Rylance

English actor, playwright and theatre director

I think that was very important to Bacon… personally. I think he went to great efforts to get a house for the Stratford man, to make it so difficult for us to prove that it was Francis Bacon, because it is very difficult to prove.

Mark Rylance

English actor, playwright and theatre director

But to me I find Francis Bacon the most likely candidate to be the author.

Mark Rylance

English actor, playwright and theatre director

Moments are incredible, but in my fantasy mind I see a Globe company which is renowned throughout the world for what it does with pure storytelling. So that people come and say: it’s not just the building, it’s the only place you can hear this kind of work.

Mark Rylance

English actor, playwright and theatre director

It’s an intuitive exercise to do a Shakespeare play and to go through a Shakespeare play.

Mark Rylance

English actor, playwright and theatre director

So there’s a lot of people tied into believing that the traditional response to the authorship question. In terms of actors, some people get very angry about it.

Mark Rylance

English actor, playwright and theatre director

You know, I don’t think you need to be educated to be a great actor.

Mark Rylance

English actor, playwright and theatre director

But I don’t sit down at dinner and have clever ideas.

Mark Rylance

English actor, playwright and theatre director

Great actors try to dismiss all ideas from their conscious mind in order to provide an experience that is real.

Mark Rylance

English actor, playwright and theatre director

Our job is to make manifest the story, to be it. In a sense, the theatre is such a big star itself, bigger than any Shakespearean actor I could hire, that we should take the opportunity to fill it with voice and verse and movement, not interpretation.

Mark Rylance

English actor, playwright and theatre director

There have been more books alone written about Hamlet than have been written about the Bible.

Mark Rylance

English actor, playwright and theatre director

And people do enjoy the plays at completely different levels. And, likewise, they enjoy the authorship question… at completely different levels.

Mark Rylance

English actor, playwright and theatre director