Quotes about "Mindfulness & Presence"

My mum and dad aren't actors, but we all sit around doing impressions. ”

I haven't just been swanning around Hollywood, you know. ”

So often, when you're an actor, you're told what to do and what to say and what to wear. Your opinion is, at best, tolerated and, at worst, not wanted. ”

I want to be old Princess Margaret, without a doubt. Kaftan wearing, Caribbean island-dwelling... that's my inner spirit animal. ”

I like having the script before I start. With new plays, you're constantly developing as you're doing it. It's really frightening. You don't quite know how it's going to end up. ”

I like gardening. ”

I'd hate to lose the character actress part of me, because, by God, the parts are much more interesting. ”

There's nothing worse than actors spouting about what they think. ”

I get offered loads of unusual stuff. I just don't do loads because I like staying at home a lot, and I'm a little bit lazy. I don't get that thing of going from film to film that people do. It would drive me nuts, and that level of fame is quite scary. ”

Being a character actor, I can go on until I'm 70 or 80; I'm not bound to the way I look. ”