Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" Hollywood is a very small world; the people who matter matter, and the people who don't matter are just like nothing. "

Related Quotes:

" I'm not strong-willed, actually. I'm a complete pushover. I love to be told what to do. "

" I remember thinking, when I was in my early 30s, that this is the best age to be, and I still believe your 30s are a wonderful time. "

" I'm not a republican any more. Not so voraciously anyway - I'm not in favour of the concept of monarchy, but I do see the good in it if there's a good person in the role. "

" I prefer the finesse of French humour. English humour is more scathing, more cruel, as illustrated by Monty Python and Little Britain. "

" You write your life story by the choices you make. You never know if they have been a mistake. Those moments of decision are so difficult. "

" People often ask me whether I prefer theater or film, and the answer is that I prefer the one I'm not doing: The grass is always greener. "

" The great marriages are partnerships. It can't be a great marriage without being a partnership. "

" You can't control how other people see you or think of you. But you have to be comfortable with that. "

" The most important thing is to bring people with Parkinson's into our world and for the public to have a real understanding of it, as they're beginning to have with autism. "

" The poor Oscars - they always get slammed in the press. "

" I'd like to see a much more open Monarchy, myself. I used to think they were completely useless and we should get rid of them. I don't necessarily feel that way anymore. I'm still ambivalent, I still loathe the British class system, and the Royal family are the apex of the British class system. "

" I think we all have a dream of what it would be like not to work and grow heirloom tomatoes, and I do have that dream. It would be lovely. I do love gardening and all of that, but I do love my work. "

" I still suffer terribly from stage fright. I get sick with fear. Not every night, but at the beginning and on occasion - not necessarily when I'm expecting it. You just have to cope with it - take it on the chin and work through it, trying to use the adrenalin to perform. "

" I think every woman in our culture is a feminist. They may refuse to articulate it, but if you were to take any woman back 40 years and say, 'Is this a world you want to live in?' They would say, 'No.' "

" Wherever I am in the world, if I get free time when I'm filming I always hire a car, take to the road, drive for miles and explore. "

" Where you grew up becomes a big part of who you are for the rest of your life. You can't run away from that. Well, sometimes the running away from it is what makes you who you are. "

" Parkinson's is a slow but inevitable process. It's hard living with it on a daily basis. The difficulty facing people with it is that they never quite know 'Can I or can't I do this today?' "

" I've always found as an actress that the best thing to do in film or TV or theater is just to lose yourself in it. Think of the story, the character, the worlds we're in, and forget everything else. "

" When you're young, you wonder what all these old people are droning on about, trying to impart their wisdom. It's not relevant to you because being young is such a specific thing. Thank God for that. Thank God for the young people who go out and demonstrate against rampant capitalism or whatever. "

" There is that awful moment when you realize that you're falling in love. That should be the most joyful moment, and actually it's not. It's always a moment that's full of fear because you know, as night follows day, the joy is going to rapidly be followed by some pain or other. All the angst of a relationship. "

" It's great to be queen! "

" Everyone wants to be a movie star or a model, to be in the papers, but few realise just what hard work it is, getting up early, and so on. "

" I can't say 'no' to an interesting role. I always tell my husband, 'That's it, I quit, I've done all I wanted,' and he's just like, 'Yeah, yeah. Sure.' "

" I'm not a communist, of course. But I do think that everything is down to economics. Capitalism doesn't change. "

" It was never my intention to marry anybody. Economics are basically the only reason to get married, but I'm very glad I did it. "

" There's a scary moment when you realise you're no longer the youngest person in the room. Especially if you've been a successful young person. That's followed, of course, by the realisation that you're actually the oldest person in the room. "

" There isn't a King Lear for women, or a Henry V, or a Richard III. You reach a level where you can handle that stuff technically and mentally, and it's not there. "

" American actors who voice animated movies are so brilliant at it, because by the nature of American speak, it's full of energy and full of commitment. And as a British actor, we have to kind of learn that. "

" Humor in a relationship is so important. Many women will say that. Some say, 'If they can make you laugh, it's the sexiest thing on earth.' "

" I have to say, without sounding like a total tosser, that everything I've learned in life, and that has taken me out of my natural interior life, has been with men. They exposed me to things that I wasn't aware of. I learned from all the guys. "