Anita Dobson Quotes

Anita Dobson

Profession : Actress

Birth : April 29, 1949

You learn to accept losing someone, but you never get over it.

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Something devastating can happen to you, and it can have positive consequences. By the same token, something fantastic can happen, and it can bring a lot of trouble. That's life.

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'EastEnders' changed everything. I was a jobbing actress living in Stepney, and I was on the dole at one point. Then people started to send me scripts, which was always my dream.

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When I was a kid, I used to watch all those Sunday afternoon matinees featuring all the Hollywood greats.

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Every morning, I have a coffee to wake up my system, but I don't think you should eat just because it's a meal time, so I often won't have breakfast until late morning.

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The last place you'll find me is the gym. It seems to me to be a waste of time - I could spend that time doing so many other things.

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I think when I started out, when I was very young, I wanted to be an actor and do the great epic tragedies.

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I'm up at the crack of dawn. If I'm filming, then I'll wake at 5 A.M. so that I can get on set and made up before the cameras start rolling.

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My parents used to go ballroom dancing in their latter years, and it gave them so much pleasure.

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There's no secret it's hard work. Even though Brian's the love of my life, and he's absolutely adorable, it's not easy, and we have to work at it. But because we love each other and keep working at it, it pays off.

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For me, to be on television and not be afraid of making a mistake is freeing.

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I'm pretty fit. We've got a lot of stairs in our house, and I'm up and down them all the time. Plus, I don't smoke, and I'm vegetarian.

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I went from being a jobbing actress who was just earning a living to being the second most photographed woman in Britain, next to Princess Diana - but it was exciting, too, and I wouldn't have swapped it for a second.

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I got extremely fit and slim on 'Strictly,' but I did find that, each week, a different part of my body hurt. It really makes you realise the hard work dancers have to put in and how fit they have to be.

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It's important to me to keep testing myself in life so that I don't get pigeonholed.

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Going to drama school was the start of my journey of discovery and getting to know myself.

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I am very glad I did 'EastEnders,' and I'm flattered that people still remember me in it.

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The reason I wanted to do 'Strictly' in the end is that you come out of it having learned something.

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'Silver Street' was a very happy time for me.

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Whether the public like me or not, I am who I am.

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