Victoria Hamilton Quotes

United Kingdom, Actress
April 5, 1971

Victoria Hamilton (born 5 April 1971) is an English actress. After training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Hamilton began her career in classical theatre, appearing in productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. In 2002, she appeared in the London stage play A Day in the Death of Joe Egg alongside Clive Owen and later Eddie Izzard.

I made a decision that I wanted to do five years of classical theatre before I did anything else, which was a very unfashionable thing to do.

Victoria Hamilton
- Decision
- Theatre
When I left drama school, saying you were going to the RSC made you a laughing stock.

Victoria Hamilton
- School
- Drama
- Stock

I don't want to just be another actor in L.A. looking for a job.

Victoria Hamilton
- Job
Film would have been great, but I don't think I was ever in the frame.

Victoria Hamilton
- Great
Like any relationship, a marriage does take work.

Victoria Hamilton
Looking at the actors I most admire - Judi Dench, Ian Holm, that whole generation - they all started in rep and slowly built themselves into the position where they could juggle theatre and film.

Victoria Hamilton
- Theatre
I know I'll always want to come back to theatre, and I also thought if I can crack classical acting, everything else will probably seem easier.

Victoria Hamilton
- Theatre
The great thing about getting older and doing TV and theatre is that the roles get more interesting, and you're not cast because, 'Oh, she's always looked extraordinary.'

Victoria Hamilton
- Great
- She
- Interesting

I think I have a period drama face. That's the reason I've always gone back to the West End, because for me, that's where all the interesting roles have been.

Victoria Hamilton
- Interesting
- Drama
- Period
I think I was quite difficult to cast when I was in my twenties because I never looked like Cameron Diaz. I'm not talking myself down, but I was never going to be the romantic lead in a Hollywood blockbuster. You need better cheekbones and longer legs.

Victoria Hamilton
- Romantic