00:00When it comes to life, it's quality that I want.
00:03It's joy.
00:06You're in one of the most celebrated films of all time.
00:08Yes, and all anyone can ever remember is the theme music.
00:11Ian Hamlet is playing at the National Theatre.
00:13Will you take me to see it, please?
00:15Don't listen to him, he loves it.
00:17Can I tell you a secret?
00:18It's the greatest part that you can play in the greatest theatre.
00:21And I'm jealous.
00:23That's a brilliant film, Carriots of Fire.
00:27Oh yeah, yeah, I mean, yeah.
00:30Would it cheer you up to hear a little bit of gossip?
00:33Richard has someone in mind to play Hamlet.
00:35Right, who?
00:36You.
00:40Shall I get some antiseptic on that for you?
00:42For what?
00:42Your purple spot.
00:44Don't worry, it's only dining.
00:49You've seen men like me before.
00:51Hundreds.
00:52And some of them get better for a while.
00:56But I have to play Hamlet.
01:004,167 lines.
01:022,200 eyeballs staring at you.
01:05This part goes beyond physical endurance.
01:08I can't let you risk your health.
01:09You're not letting me.
01:10I choose to do it.
01:11Should I be engaging my heart here or my brain?
01:15Your heart.
01:15Your brain's never been that impressive.
01:18If you're going to play this part, there is to be no more talk of death.
01:20It might be tricky.
01:22It's one of the central themes of the play at the National Theatre.
01:26When they call you to the stage, all the actors gather out the windows.
01:33And they begin to hammer.
01:45The people who come here want to live here.
01:47You, on the other hand, only want to play Hamlet.
01:49What do you play upon this pipe?
01:50What do you play upon this pipe?
01:51There isn't an actor alive.
01:52It doesn't have some understanding of this slave.
01:55It's about being alive and becoming dead.
01:59I've been asked to play this part.
02:01If people see me and not the character that I play, then I fail.
02:05I won't be a victim.
02:09My job is the preservation of life.
02:12But when it comes to life...
02:14Life.
02:15To be or not to be.
02:19It's quality that I want.
02:21It's glory.
02:23It's joy.
02:24It's purposeful.
02:25Death's �ain
02:44Elias
02:44You
