Imelda Staunton Quotes
I am a character actress. Well, let's say, I am a leading character actress who does interesting, odd parts.
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There is one confrontation scene toward the end of the picture. In the middle of the scene, I thought, That's Sean Connery! I don't know how else to describe Sean Connery. I still feel that way.
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Under-representation of women and other inequality among researchers is a problem that will not solve itself as women acquire competence.
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It is easy to remove the mind from harping on the lost illusion of immortality. The disciplined intellect fears nothing and craves no sugar-plum at the day's end, but is content to accept life and serve society as best it may.
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I think whatever you have in your life, my opinion is that if you know that there's something wrong, you try to fix it.
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In today's society we sometimes forget to balance our hearts and our heads; this is the reason we stop laughing.
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I don't believe in the school of hard knocks, although I've had them. All that stuff about whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger is so not true. Do you know what makes you stronger? When people treat you and your art with dignity.
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My father really told me, seriously, if you want something, you can have it, but you may have to work harder than anyone else around you.
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I enjoyed working as a model a lot as it let me travel and I got to do some really interesting projects.
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If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
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I'm not going to just say nice things about everybody unless I mean it.
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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My parents and my brother instilled in me my sense of humor. That's kind of the way we communicate with each other, and it's always been a way for me to get to know people.
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You should only have so many accessories. You have to make sure you have the right ones at the right time.
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If somebody says they really like my playing I say thanks a lot.
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I'm one of those foolish people who believe the glory days of the record industry aren't behind us. They're actually ahead of us.
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I know I'm good enough. I don't need to show it to you. Either you know who I am, or you don't.
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I'm not super, super religious. If this is okay to say, I'm more culturally Jewish.
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I was with the Jessie Bonstelle Stock Company in Detroit and Buffalo for three seasons - 10 performances and a new play every week. She was an amazing woman who did a great deal for me.
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If you think of play as being in things, there are things that are playable, then it becomes the work of figuring out what a thing can do.
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The best hours of my life have been spent in a quiet corner or under a tree or on the beach with a book in my hands. I’ve been told on more than one occasion that I should stop reading so much and actually have a life, but do you know what I’ve figured out? People in books are much more interesting than the people who’ve told me that.
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There isn't anyone anywhere who isn't Seymour's Fat Lady. Don't you know that? Don't you know that goddam secret yet? And don't you know — listen to me, now — don't you know who that Fat Lady really is? . . . Ah, buddy. Ah, buddy. It's Christ Himself. Christ Himself, buddy.
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We accepted this war for an object, a worthy object, and the war will end when that object is attained. Under God, I hope it never will until that time.
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I am a character actress. Well, let's say, I am a leading character actress who does interesting, odd parts.
