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" I feel strongly for the younger actresses when a lot of their career is based on how they look. That must be hard when your looks begin to go and you haven't built up the wealth of character parts to get into something else. "

Janet McTeer

Career

Look

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Janet McTeer

Older

" Yes, I was slightly outside everything when I was growing up. My mother jokes that I was exchanged at birth. She brought us up to have traditional values. She was absolutely not part of the '60s generation. "

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" Put a Post-It note on your mirror that says: 'Someone has to succeed. There's no reason why it shouldn't be me.' Repeat before every audition. "

Janet McTeer

Mirror

Someone

" We are a very close family, and I love them very much, but I'm definitely the odd one out. I live a completely different kind of life style. I always was different. I felt like a fish out of water; I really never knew who I was. "

" I've always thought if you watch the performance and you don't know about the person, then you only see the performance. "

" I have always been drawn to strong and interesting women, people who have navigated that world before you and maintained their integrity and sense of self. "

" I have become a marketing tool and I feel very uncomfortable with that. There's no space for me to express myself. "

Janet McTeer

Myself

Feel

" My mother and father are still together after forty something years. I lived in one place till I was 6. I lived in another place from when I was 6 till I was 17. "

" I did 'Tumbleweeds' for fun. I did it because I loved it and I hardly even got paid. "

" When you're an actor, you get your ideas from everywhere - even from someone on the street. We're total thieves! "

" There are some roles that are a no-brainer. You just have a sure, instinctive 'Yes!' "