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" I don't for a second regret my closeness to them because they were wonderful, golden parents who gave me so much confidence. "
Miriam Margolyes
Regret
Parents
Me
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" The American actor is much more used to being physically relaxed and using their bodies better, and English actors are a little bit unrelaxed, but they're better at vocal technique. "
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" Where I think the American actor is slightly at a disadvantage is in vocal technique. I don't think that words are their friend in the same way that English actors are used to using words: understanding about consonance and how to shade a vowel to show emotional color. "
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" As long as I am working, I am grateful and happy. "
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" Confidence was the backbone of my upbringing. I was an only child, so I was spoilt, loved, and given an enormous amount of confidence by my parents. "
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" I've always felt that Donald Trump was a Dickensian character because he is so ridiculous. With his hair and his arrogance, he is certainly Dickensian in his absurdity. "
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" I've never been someone who is cast for having a lovely figure but for whatever qualities I could possibly bring to a role, so I'm still castable. "
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" The curious thing is that I embraced homosexuality with as much joy and delight as I've embraced everything else in my life. "
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" I don't have a very positive attitude towards rappers. "
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" I've been fat my whole life and pretended I don't mind. But I do mind. It's really stupid that I've gone on being greedy and fat. "
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" I don't like class distinction, and there is far too much of that in England. "
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" That's one reason India is an attractive proposition for retiring. Servants are much more reasonable than in England. It's not exploitation so long as you pay a proper salary. "
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" It's so important that people know there was a time before the NHS. It makes them appreciate it more. "
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Appreciate
Time
" I very much regret that I haven't been taken more seriously. I would love to have been at the National or the RSC. "
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Regret
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" In terms of my development as an artist, playing Professor Sprout wasn't all that important because she is well within my capabilities as an actress. But in terms of marketability, it made an enormous difference. "
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Artist
Development
She
" Old people have a much better time in India because they're respected. "
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Old People
Better
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" I don't think people realise how important it is to have your blood pressure checked. Stroke is so sudden, so catastrophic. "
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People
Important
" I'm a silly little needy person sometimes, and I crouch in a room all alone and think of all the people that I wish were with me. "
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Silly
Wish
" My vocabulary is vast and expert, and I don't think I overuse any word. "
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Word
Think
" I am stopped in the street by kids and Harry Potter fans all the time. "
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Fans
Am
" Being in Australia makes me happy. My partner is Australian, and my home is in Australia, and it's ridiculous not to be Australian - it's a logical step to take. "
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Happy
Me
Step
" Although my parents both liked her, they just didn't approve of a same-sex relationship. Nowadays, people say that you must let children be what they are, but when I was growing up, the parents defined the child - and my parents had a definite vision of how they wanted me to be. "
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Children
Parents
Relationship
" My feeling is that the English are naturally anti-Semitic. "
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" I may have a talent for acting, but I am incapable of doing anything else. "
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Doing
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" Glenda Jackson called me an amateur in 1976 when we were in a play, 'The White Devil.' I've never forgiven her. "
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Never
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" I used to get into bed with my mother every morning, almost until she died, and talk about everything. She was my closest confidante always. I had no secrets from her. "
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Bed
Morning
" My father was a doctor, so I thought I was going to be a doctor, too, but I couldn't do maths; I couldn't do science. I was hopeless at chemistry. "
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" It's very hard to talk about Palestine to Jewish people - they see me as a betrayer. "
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" I don't like religion. "
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" I am not the sort of person who divests myself of everything that came before I came to Australia. I want to take all the knowledge and experiences I gained when I was in England and put it at the service of Australia because I have to bring something to Australia - not just money but myself. "
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