Actress Quotes

It's always difficult to play a scene of physical violence because you're always afraid that you don't know your own strength and might hurt someone.

I'm not an admirer of action movies. I just think, Oh my God, it must be so tiring.

I like being famous when it's convenient for me and completely anonymous when it's not.

I had mice that I kept as pets when I was very young, and I've always liked the way they look. Even rats. I'm not scared of them.

Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely.

To wait, for an actor, is not like someone who's waiting to see the doctor. It's not the kind of wait where you get bored.

Opportunities are often things you haven't noticed the first time around.

I don't see any reason for marriage when there is divorce.

Cinema is still a very young art form with extraordinary techniques and very impressive special effects but sometimes it seems the soul has been taken out of things.

I get irritated, nervous, very tense or stressed, but never bored.

Love is suffering. One side always loves more.

A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It's the same qualities I require from a man.

I'm very conscious that I'm in the minority in that I love what I do. How big is the number of people who are running to work to do a job that they like? And how lucky to be employed at it - how incredibly lucky.

I'd rather do a part because I want to, not because great things are expected of me.

I would like to work with Jack Nicholson, before it's too late.

I would hate people to think bossy is all I can do.

I work out the other bits, too, but I need to know what I look like, very early on. And then it's like a template; I'll fill that person out. If I get that out of the way, then I'm all right.

I was in Yorkshire. We were a family of five and I used to be sent sometimes to get the rations for the week and I was easily able to carry them back. It was like one egg and a tiny bit of tea.

I wanted to be a set designer when I was young.

I trained as a designer, so I'm always terribly keen about what I'm going to look like.

I think you've got to have your feet planted firmly on the ground, especially in this business, and you must not believe things that are said or written about you, because everything gets out of proportion one way or the other.

I need to learn every day.

I love being part of a company, and telling a story.

I just feel incredibly lucky to be employed when there are so many actors and actresses who are not employed. That's why, you know, I sometimes feel desperate, in case I'm not going to be cast again.

I have no control over a film. I don't know what will be left on the cutting floor.

I don't think that care homes are all rotten old places that ought to be shut down.

I don't think anybody can be told how to act. I think you can give advice. But you have to find your own way through it.

I don't really want to retire. I intend to go on working as long as I can because I still have a huge amount of energy.

I can't read scripts any more because of the trouble with my eyes.

I am so thrilled to be nominated for something I loved working on every single day.