Brenda Blethyn Quotes

I hate that people think going to the theatre is a special occasion. I wish people would treat it as normally as going to the cinema.

Brenda Blethyn

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• I hate that people think going to the theatre is a special occasion. I wish people would treat it as normally as going to the cinema.

  

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