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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I was in Yorkshire. We were a family of five and I used to be sent sometimes to get the rations for the week and I was easily able to carry them back. It was like one egg and a tiny bit of tea.
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I think you've got to have your feet planted firmly on the ground, especially in this business, and you must not believe things that are said or written about you, because everything gets out of proportion one way or the other.
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I just feel incredibly lucky to be employed when there are so many actors and actresses who are not employed. That's why, you know, I sometimes feel desperate, in case I'm not going to be cast again.
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Work certainly does help fill a void.
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I'd rather do a part because I want to, not because great things are expected of me.
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I'm very conscious that I'm in the minority in that I love what I do. How big is the number of people who are running to work to do a job that they like? And how lucky to be employed at it - how incredibly lucky.
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Because, you know, I can't work a bicycle pump.
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People think you know beforehand when you win an Oscar - I can assure you you don't.
