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All Quotes by author - Penelope Wilton
" Acting attracts shy people and show-offs. "
Acting
Shy
People
" I am drawn to characters that go on journeys, characters that are real people, that have life. "
Real
People
Life
" I can't understand why people so readily put themselves up to be humiliated. "
Why
Themselves
Understand
" I don't really care any longer what other people think. "
People
Really
Any
" I don't tell everyone my life history because if everyone knows your inside-leg measurement, how can you surprise them? "
Life
History
Surprise
" I don't think I've been in a supporting role in any of the plays I've done, ever. "
Role
Think
Done
" I find talking about acting very boring, having to come out with platitudes about how terribly nice everyone is. I would much rather just do it. "
Nice
Acting
Boring
" I have spent my whole life educating myself. "
Life
Myself
Spent
" I love the drive from York to Whitby over the moors - one of the great journeys, in my book. "
Over
Book
Drive
" In my life, I've had estates in Russia, houses in Spain, in Norway, in the deep south of America. "
My Life
Life
Deep
" It's true, I've become one of those grumpy older women. "
Women
True
Become
" I've had very close relationships with some twentieth-century writers. "
Had
Very
Some
" I've learnt to listen. I don't think I always did listen. "
Always
Learnt
Listen
" I've never lost a grown-up child, but I have known loss. "
Loss
Known
Child
" Mostly in life people are trying not to have emotions. "
Life
Mostly
People
" People in distress behave in a stressful way. They aren't all sweetness and light. They don't behave well when they are unhappy. That's just what I've observed. "
Unhappy
Well
Way
" Some people will never change. "
People
Never
Change
" The thing about being an actor is that you turn into other people. You have to hide yourself a bit in order to let that other person come out. "
Person
People
Out
" The trouble with anyone when they're unhappy or in a relationship they recognize is not working but don't know what to do about is that they can't see farther out than that. If the relationship is not working, if what was there isn't there anymore, you have to do something about it. "
Unhappy
Know
Relationship
" When you play someone who is an iconic figure you can't go into it lightly. "
Go
Play
Iconic
" You can't look at people being crucified. Even if you know it is just pretend. "
Look
Just
You
" You don't go to a comedy and try to laugh. You laugh in spite of yourself. You don't just come on stage and cry. Something has pushed you to cry. "
Try
Yourself
You
" You need to keep on doing things you have never done before in your career. You have to have a go. "
Career
Done
You
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