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" When you're a young English person who wants to be an actress and you have dreams, you dream of being Vanessa Redgrave or Judi Dench. "
Janet McTeer
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Young
You
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" 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. "
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" The older you get, the better you get, because you've seen more. You don't necessarily have to go through a lot, but you have to witness it in order to recreate it. "
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" 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. "
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" 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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" I do mostly British projects, and for family reasons and life reasons Britain's my home, where I have a lovely garden. "
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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. "
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" I did 'Tumbleweeds' for fun. I did it because I loved it and I hardly even got paid. "
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" 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. "
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" When you create a character, you create it for yourself - you do whatever you want. It's your job to explore it in as many different avenues as you can in order to make it a fully wounded character. "
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" I have very girly hands and I use them a lot when I talk in a way that I think is very feminine. "
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" But then I got a job selling coffee at the York Theatre, and when I met theatre people, something clicked. I felt comfortable with them; I felt like myself. I decided to go to drama school based just on that feeling. I had never done any acting. "
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" It's naive to think there is a woman in the world who isn't brought up to believe that they are waiting for their soul mate. You even see it in Disney. "
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" People will still love and hurt and yearn. "
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" There are some roles that are a no-brainer. You just have a sure, instinctive 'Yes!' "
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" People are calling a lot, sending scripts my way. Yes, it's wonderful because, let's face it, there aren't many wonderful scripts for women over the age of 10. "
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