Samantha Bond Quotes
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I adore acting; it's in my blood - quite literally - but I can honestly say the most creative thing in the world for me is being a mother.
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When women's parts are being written, they are more and more for under 30s who are nubile and beautiful. Actresses over 40 are finding very little happening.
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I'm an appalling flyer. I get very tense, although I no longer weep uncontrollably for no reason - I just sob if there's turbulence.
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I love Manhattan.
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Inside my heart, there's a 12-year-old girl who has always wanted to be Ginger Rogers.
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It's one of the oldest theatrical adages: never work with children or animals.
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I grew up without the rose-tinted look at the profession many of my friends had, but I've been very lucky playing major roles in 'An Ideal Husband', 'Arcadia' and 'The Memory of Water'.
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Sometimes I'll work through the crossword sections of three separate papers.
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I had absolutely no idea of the scale of its following and the globalness of 'Bond'.
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As a child, I always remember our home, which was a flat just on the Barnes side of Hammersmith Bridge in London, buzzing with actors such as Patrick McGee and Peter Bowles. We were a family who were always on the go.
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My father Philip was an actor and appeared in everything from 'The Onedin Line' to 'Hedda Gabler' with Dame Diana Rigg.
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It's always been a dream of mine to be Ginger Rogers or Cyd Charisse, and here I am performing alongside Robert Lindsay and being directed by a major Broadway producer. Who said dreams don't come true?
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I think one of the most important things I can give my children is the right to be themselves.
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My nickname is Bondy. But not because of the Bond films - it was my surname a long time before I did those.