Susan Hampshire (Susan Lady Kulukundis) Quotes
Audiences in London arrive stressed out of their minds because they can't find anywhere to park, they can't find their tickets, whatever. There is a great joy in being out of London because people are in their seats, waiting for you, waiting to watch the show, not rushing in at the last minute. They are there because they want to see the show and they know how to listen.
Quotes to Explore
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I actually think I have an audience member's sensibility about going to the movies.
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Five to six thousand people die every year waiting for organs, but nobody cares.
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When you wash your hands, when you make a cup of coffee, when you're waiting for the elevator - instead of indulging in thinking, these are all opportunities for being there as a still, alert presence.
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Even if a university should turn out to be another version of a school, I had decided I could lose myself afterwards as an anonymous particle of the London I already loved.
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The important thing is having genuine regard for your audience.
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So many songs are just a wink to the audience, but people take them seriously. 'My Humps?' C'mon!
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I have a hard time waiting for things to happen.
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When we tune in to an especially human way of viewing the landscape powerfully, it resonates with an audience.
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Trying to guess what the (mass) audience wants and then trying to satisfy that is usually a bad recipe for getting something good.
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Some actors get fired up by the sound of the audience. I just want to retreat.
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I've always been really involved in figuring out who my audience is and how to reach them.
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I love to play golf and watch movies in Tamil and Telugu whenever I get time.
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I'm a London girl, so I grew up on Alexander McQueen and Vivienne Westwood... Dior, Chanel, the usual suspects.
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The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
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'Vicky Donor' proved that the audience was waiting for well-scripted funny films.
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Jews have been living in Jerusalem way before British people were living in London.
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I hadn't originally intended to do any reading, what if I did read one book more or one book less, whether I read or not wouldn't make a difference, I would still be waiting to get cremated.
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Among the group of people waiting at the fortress was a schoolgirl in a brown and yellow uniform holding a green eiderdown quilt and, by the loop at its neck, a red hot-water bottle.
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As an actor, I've grown considerably. It's taken me years to get comfortable doing a romantic scene and dancing on stage in front of a live audience. I've really opened up a lot.
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Women, somehow, have the same fear of witty men as of fireworks.
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Looking good and feeling like death is a difficult combination for people to understand.
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An Oscar means a lot of things because it's like the ultimate award for a filmmaker so it feels great. But I think you have to consider awards with some distance and not get obsessed with it. When you're creating you shouldn't think about it.
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I have the world's worst pregnancies.
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Audiences in London arrive stressed out of their minds because they can't find anywhere to park, they can't find their tickets, whatever. There is a great joy in being out of London because people are in their seats, waiting for you, waiting to watch the show, not rushing in at the last minute. They are there because they want to see the show and they know how to listen.
