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" Jane Austen was an extraordinary woman; to actually be able to survive as a novelist in those days - unmarried - was just unheard of. "
Julie Walters
Days
Extraordinary
Survive
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" I went through bits of the 60s and thought myself a bit of a hippy. "
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" I was asked about doing a nude shoot for men's magazine GQ. I thought it was the funniest thing I'd ever heard. "
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" As soon as I gave birth, it was as if you understand them. They become people, not kids. You start to identify with them. You see yourself in them. "
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" I couldn't watch Tom and Jerry. The cruelty was too much. I had all these strange images, of tiny animals, all mixed up. "
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" Everyone comes up to me saying, 'Cooee, Julie! Hello!' as if I know them. Of course I don't bloody know them. Am I flummoxed by it? Sometimes. I think, 'Ooh, love, go easy.' For a time, I did feel this pressure that I had to be funny, but it passes. "
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" In order to be creative you have to be allowed to fail. "
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" Stage is the most exciting. Film is lovely, because it's like a family. "
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" I was having my teens in my 30s. "
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" There were all us baby boomers who had a grammar school education, started to learn, then went on the pill, the whole thing, and so there are today a lot more women writers, editors, producers, and so a lot more women's stories. God, the BBC's practically run by women. "
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" My grandmother lived with us for a short time while I was a child. Old people tend to be slightly more eccentric - they can behave the way they want. "
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" I can understand why people get annoyed at being remembered for one thing, but a lot of actors aren't remembered for anything. I don't mind that. "
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" There is this idea that appealing to youth is the only way forward. But that is no longer the case. Youth is not everything. Now we have all the baby-boomers in their 60s, like me, who are actively engaged in life - we're not retiring, we're not just being put out to grass once we hit 60. "
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" It's getting better but men still earn more and there are more jobs for them. Ageism is a big thing. Parts for women disappear as you get older. "
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Better
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" Oh all the time when Victoria Wood and I did our series. There were people asking 'Can women be funny?' People still ask that. It's like asking: 'Can women breathe in and out?' "
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" Debate is so much better than denial. "
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" I always loved my mother, felt loved, but she was judgmental. Her father in Ireland didn't approve of women generally, and she took on his values. She believed her own mother was foolish. "
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" Some of the most interesting questions needing to be asked today can best be asked on television, or on stage, and they can be wonderful, great dramas, but they won't necessarily be blockbusters. "
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" I was always someone who lived in the future all the time, it was always the next thing - dreams of escape. "
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" I'll tell you how it happened. The phone rang. Paul, my agent, goes, 'Would you like to play Meryl Streep's?' I said, 'Yeeees! I'll do it, whatever it is.' He said, 'It's Mamma Mia!.' I said, 'Oh no, which character? The fat friend? "
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Character
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Play
" I didn't come into the business to get awards or titles. "
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Get
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" I'm too young at 50. I'm not grown up yet. There's part of everybody like that. "
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" I don't want to give up acting - it's what I am. "
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" It's very strong after the birth. It's extraordinary. You can't watch anything to do with kids being harmed. "
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" The money isn't a lure. I've done very well out of this business. "
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" I don't like being out of the crowd. It's lonely within a group. "
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" We have to take risks with art. If we don't, it all becomes a bit boring. "
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" That's why I'm an actress - escaping into a world. "
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" It seems that when you get to a certain age you almost give yourself permission to misbehave and say what you think. People allow it, with very old people. "
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" It's getting better generally, daily, especially in TV, for women in acting; and age and looks count less. As more women come into the business. Change of any sort takes a long time to happen. "
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" The characters do have a life of their own; it's weird. "
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