Penelope Wilton Quotes

The thing about being an actor is that you turn into other people. You have to hide yourself a bit in order to let that other person come out.

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• I collect handkerchiefs. I know that's sort of old-timey, but my mom started the collection for me, and now I have a bunch. Basically, I have a myriad of beautiful handkerchiefs, and I carry them like a grandmother in my purse. And I opt for hankies in any situation.

  

  Lake Bell
  • Beautiful
  • Mom
  • Grandmother

• When I was on 'Trauma,' the first order was six, which turned to 12, and then there were rumors of getting cancelled. I'm used to that.

  

  Taylor Kinney
  • First
  • Order
  • Trauma

• Unfortunately, terror is now linked to immigration, and anyone with dark skin or a beard or a Muslim name is suspect. Russia, France, then the United Kingdom, and now even Germany have no qualms about going far beyond their borders to strike at the enemies of their countries.

  

  Palaniappan Chidambaram
  • Dark
  • Name
  • Immigration

• I always wanted to entertain. When I was little, I would sing in front of the mirror with a hairbrush or my sisters and I would make shows. I always wanted to be on TV.

  

  Lacey Chabert
  • Always
  • Mirror
  • Little

• We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.

  

  Lal Bahadur Shastri
  • Work
  • Country
  • Happiness

• I do want to lose weight for my children. I don't want them to think being fat is okay.

  

  Ram Kapoor
  • Children
  • Think
  • Fat

• Whatever they did for democracy, the U.S. interventions in the Middle East and the vaunted Arab Spring have proved to be pure hell for Arab Christians.

  

  Pat Buchanan
  • Democracy
  • Spring
  • Hell

• People still text me to say that there is something about me in the paper, and what really annoys me is that if it's nasty, I then have to go and have a look, even though actually I don't want to know.

  

  Zara Phillips
  • People
  • Want
  • Me

• Usually people are questioning my athleticism more than my femininity!

  

  Gabrielle Reece
  • People
  • More
  • Questioning

• I would very much like to become a best-selling author.

  

  Manuel Puig
  • Like
  • Author
  • Very

• All the rappers my age are getting Audemars and Rolexes. I want to find my own thing. That's why I travel the world - for me, that's my B-side, why we go places. I have a Hublot on from time to time but I want a home base watch - something that's elegant but has got a little pizzazz to it.

  

  Wale
  • Time
  • World
  • Why

• Anyone driving through London after the school term ends will notice immediately how much easier it is to get around. The school run contributes massively to congestion.

  

  Zac Goldsmith
  • School
  • Driving
  • London

• I know that I've played a lot of comedic roles. It's a visual medium. When you get one role, you start to get cast in that role for awhile because that's what people have seen you do, and have hopefully seen you do it successfully.

  

  Fran Kranz
  • People
  • Know
  • Start

• At any Maroon 5 concert, you'll see a room backstage marked 'yoga.'

  

  Adam Levine Maroon 5
  • You
  • See
  • Yoga

• I think a lot of people want me to be like the characters in the books: they want that kind of congruence.

  

  Irvine Welsh
  • People
  • Think
  • Want

• I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for 'then' but a message for 'now.'

  

  Nate Parker
  • Movies
  • Now
  • Message

• The actors that I admire are able to step into so many different roles.

  

  Samira Wiley
  • Different
  • Step
  • Admire

• The falsification of scientific data or analysis is always a serious matter.

  

  Ed Markey
  • Always
  • Serious
  • Data

• Well first of all you have to make the character strong so that people can follow that. And then hopefully that character can integrate with the background of the social situation that people can recognize.

  

  Oliver Stone
  • People
  • Character
  • Strong

• For a long time, I really struggled with the idea of being an actor because I really felt that I should be in the Peace Corps.

  

  Camryn Manheim
  • Time
  • Long
  • Peace

• Columbine was so frightening. And the media took off with it, like everything else, so it instilled more fear in people. You're looking around at school for kids like the ones who committed the shootings, and you feel wrong for doing that, you know?

  

  John Robinson
  • People
  • School
  • Kids

• There's something very intimate about taking someone's work, turning it over and unpicking it. In the same way people have unique handwriting people have a sewing style. You do start building a fantasy relationship with the person.

  

  Matt Smith Poison
  • People
  • Relationship
  • Style

• When somebody says, 'Oh, Buffy, you're such a warrior for peace', I stop them and say, 'No, I'm not really a warrior for peace. What I promote is alternative conflict resolution'.

  

  Buffy Sainte-Marie
  • Peace
  • Stop
  • Warrior

• The thing about being an actor is that you turn into other people. You have to hide yourself a bit in order to let that other person come out.

  

  Penelope Wilton
  • People