Lesley Manville Quotes
I quite like that people tend not to know my name. I remember being at the Cannes film festival for 'All or Nothing.' I looked very different in the film - I had a little greasy bob and no makeup. I went to a dinner after the screening, and everyone completely ignored me. I got a real buzz out of that.
Quotes to Explore
-
I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
-
Though many people said there is no joint border between Turkey and Montenegro, it feels like we are next to each other. We are in the same neighborhood.
-
The war changed everybody's attitude. We became international almost overnight.
-
I think I've gotten more confident because the more you do it and the more shows you play, you just feel more confident. You feel more confident about everything.
-
First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard.
-
As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that.
-
I can create institutions, but I can't rewrite the chips in people's heads.
-
In terms of people that I know, my grandmother and my mother are huge influences on my writing life because they are both massively supportive and always have been of my career.
-
It's no secret that I'm my dad's biggest fan.
-
I go to a regular school still, and I have the normal life of a regular kid.
-
Show business is fickle, and though I have been blessed with a healthy career, who knows how long that will last?
-
I do like a lot of things that a lot of adults would scoff at. 'SpongeBob SquarePants,' 'Looney Tunes.'
-
You can condemn and criticize religion... all those things are fine, but you can't mock and disrespect people.
-
I don't like people waiting on me. I feel it is an unnecessary expense.
-
I will say that rowing in the first Olympics was probably one of the most proud moments in my life. What I enjoy about the sport is that it's definitive. Nobody can take away from the fact that you're an Olympian. It's indisputable. You get there on merit and merit alone.
-
Your life goes on, and then your life goes on plus 'Star Wars.' It's just been an incredible time.
-
I have a really great family, and when I'm not filming, I go home and walk the dogs, take out the garbage, clean my room, all that stuff. My family and my friends keep me in line, and make sure I don't get crazy.
-
It's easy not to bribe. But it's not so easy to keep a business running at the same time.
-
I seem to have a talent for writing endings that seem just right to me but that frustrate other people.
-
It was Britney's movie. I liked that movie. It didn't get too much love, but a lot of people really liked it.
-
It's not hard to get people to take a premise and accept it.
-
And that's what people want to see when they go to the theater. I believe at the end of the day, they want to see themselves - parts of their lives they can recognize. And I feel if I can achieve that, it's pretty spectacular.
-
I quite like that people tend not to know my name. I remember being at the Cannes film festival for 'All or Nothing.' I looked very different in the film - I had a little greasy bob and no makeup. I went to a dinner after the screening, and everyone completely ignored me. I got a real buzz out of that.
