I didn't get into acting to have a moment, I got into it because of people who've inspired me, like Judi Dench, Holly Hunter, and Jodie Foster.
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I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself - that is the best combination.
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The theater is the thing I love doing most.
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I don't think anybody can be told how to act. I think you can give advice. But you have to find your own way through it.
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Some things you know about, you know what the ingredients are - maybe not all of them. But it's up to you to put in the amount. It's up to the director to nag you until you get it right.
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Look at Judi Dench, who's brilliant in whatever bloody job she does.
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It is true that there are few plays of Shakespeare that I haven't done.
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Seriously, though, I think I never ceased to be grateful of the fact that I am able to do a job that I really love - I never got over that.
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I would like to work with Jack Nicholson, before it's too late.
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In contrast, the control you have in a theatre is very attractive to me.
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I trained as a designer, so I'm always terribly keen about what I'm going to look like.
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My husband was actually very keen that I would become a Bond girl.
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