Most people grow up dreaming of going to Hollywood and some of them work and work and work and final...
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Most people grow up dreaming of going to Hollywood and some of them work and work and work and finally end up in Hollywood.
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I've found acting on stage much more challenging than on screen.
I've found acting on stage much more challenging than on screen.
I've been in things that have impressed people and they've come up to congratulate you but in a kind...
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I've been in things that have impressed people and they've come up to congratulate you but in a kind of, you-must-think-you're-really-special way.
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Well, I have a band, "Sadie and the Hotheads", and we have an album that is already out that is avai...
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Well, I have a band, "Sadie and the Hotheads", and we have an album that is already out that is available on our website.
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My family were all into classical music, and I found that very intimidating.
My family were all into classical music, and I found that very intimidating.
I had reconciled myself to being happily out to pasture, a bit.
I had reconciled myself to being happily out to pasture, a bit.
I turned down the opportunity to be in some films that went on to be blockbusters.
I turned down the opportunity to be in some films that went on to be blockbusters.
That feeling of being 19 or 20 and 'hot' in Hollywood was so intense.
That feeling of being 19 or 20 and 'hot' in Hollywood was so intense.
There is nothing in my life where I view myself as a 1920s person.
There is nothing in my life where I view myself as a 1920s person.
It's very tough when two creative people are together.
It's very tough when two creative people are together.
I've got my private life - that's sacred - and I didn't have that before.
I've got my private life - that's sacred - and I didn't have that before.
My job now is to work hard and learn all I can.
My job now is to work hard and learn all I can.
North Hollywood isn't actually Hollywood, it's in the San Fernando Valley... it's not the most glamo...
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North Hollywood isn't actually Hollywood, it's in the San Fernando Valley... it's not the most glamorous part of L.A.
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I love having the opportunity to explore a part for a great length of time, really get deeper and de...
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I love having the opportunity to explore a part for a great length of time, really get deeper and deeper into it, because you only have a chance to do that once or twice in a career.
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It's peaceful for people to know how their lives are going to be, pretty much.
It's peaceful for people to know how their lives are going to be, pretty much.
I can't just sit around thinking how lucky I am.
I can't just sit around thinking how lucky I am.
England as a culture has endured so much more than America has as a culture, so it's given them a di...
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England as a culture has endured so much more than America has as a culture, so it's given them a different perspective.
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If I feel I can play a part I do everything in my power to try to play it.
If I feel I can play a part I do everything in my power to try to play it.
On careers other than acting: "I probably would have become a veterinarian, or I might have lived on...
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On careers other than acting: "I probably would have become a veterinarian, or I might have lived on a ranch somewhere and raised horses, or I might have become more serious about painting, or I might have worked in a Burger King."
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As far as I can see women who have facelifts don't look younger, just weirder. You see them on scree...
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As far as I can see women who have facelifts don't look younger, just weirder. You see them on screen with these tight, little porcelain faces - then the hand goes up to the face and it looks like it belongs to an alien. I find it really freaky.
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Well, when I moved to England I was making a lot of personal adjustments because I was getting marri...
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Well, when I moved to England I was making a lot of personal adjustments because I was getting married and starting a family, that sort of thing.
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I'm someone who's done the opposite of whatever the received wisdom is, to keep your career going in...
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I'm someone who's done the opposite of whatever the received wisdom is, to keep your career going into your 50s.
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Whenever I work on anything, there's always the fantasy that what one is doing is the next 'Citizen ...
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Whenever I work on anything, there's always the fantasy that what one is doing is the next 'Citizen Kane'-slash-'Sopranos.'
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My father was an academic, an eccentric. He was a lecturer.
My father was an academic, an eccentric. He was a lecturer.
I still feel I'm doing the same work I've always done.
I still feel I'm doing the same work I've always done.
We lack rituals in this modern world.
We lack rituals in this modern world.
By definition, an actor's life is a recipe for regret. There are always roads you could have taken. ...
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By definition, an actor's life is a recipe for regret. There are always roads you could have taken. But I've lived long enough to realize that each road has its own rewards.
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Now we have to contend with overstimulation and too many opportunities all the time, and too many de...
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Now we have to contend with overstimulation and too many opportunities all the time, and too many decisions all the time.
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I have a terrible sense of direction.
I have a terrible sense of direction.
In London, I take the Tube everywhere.
In London, I take the Tube everywhere.
I don't believe in villains - just people who channel their energy in the wrong way.
I don't believe in villains - just people who channel their energy in the wrong way.
So the English approach to show business and their work is more - and this is a big generalization, ...
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So the English approach to show business and their work is more - and this is a big generalization, I hasten to say - but it's more, they work on it as a craft job.
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I like writing letters and receiving letters. It's a shame that we've lost the art of letter-writing...
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I like writing letters and receiving letters. It's a shame that we've lost the art of letter-writing and saving correspondence. I mourn that.
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I miss sometimes the buzz of America. A sense that anything can change at the drop of a hat. In a wa...
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I miss sometimes the buzz of America. A sense that anything can change at the drop of a hat. In a way, it's an exhausting thing to live with.
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To me, the lyrics of the song define the kind of style it is.
To me, the lyrics of the song define the kind of style it is.
Hollywood never suited me, I didn't ever feel comfortable with it, it took me a couple of years but ...
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Hollywood never suited me, I didn't ever feel comfortable with it, it took me a couple of years but I found where I was always meant to be... Chiswick!
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Honestly, I am always shocked when I see myself in the mirror because I feel exactly the same as I d...
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Honestly, I am always shocked when I see myself in the mirror because I feel exactly the same as I did when I was 18 getting off the plane to go to Juilliard in New York.
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In today's world, we all live with the burden of feeling that anything is possible if we're only cle...
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In today's world, we all live with the burden of feeling that anything is possible if we're only clever enough, smart enough, work hard enough.
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I just find it fascinating, like everybody, to be in a different life. It's an escape.
I just find it fascinating, like everybody, to be in a different life. It's an escape.
I wasn't ecstatic about being pregnant - I wasn't somebody who actively wanted kids. Certainly there...
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I wasn't ecstatic about being pregnant - I wasn't somebody who actively wanted kids. Certainly there were no fantasies about nappy-changing.
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