Life itself is pretty funny when you realize how absurd it can be.

The way Shakespeare wrote Fallstaff is with a heightened language and everything. That's the genuis of having Ken Branagh here as well. Shakespeare doesn't require you to have a doctorate in his language or whatever to understand him. It just has to be directed and played right. It's all about scale and presence and getting these huge, epic stories across.

When many different voices send you in different directions, you can't listen to your own.

History is written by victors and, occasionally, sensationalist journalists. I mean that with the best respect.

I never thought I would get to have my own action figure.

Life itself is pretty funny when you realize how absurd it can be.

I'm Volstag and what you see is what you get. He's a bon vivant lover of life epicurean goodfellow. He's a god, which helps. He's full of life. He reminds me very much of Falstaff. There's a wonderful innocence to him and the steadfast loyalty of a big Saint Bernard dog.