Geraldine James Quotes

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Geraldine James

Profession : Actress

Birth : July 6, 1950

Jo and I have a marriage based on friendship, which means hopefully you can survive. I'm so glad we have.

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The secret to a happy marriage is friendship and laughter. There's no alternative.

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Band Of Gold' nearly did me in. We had 16 weeks of night shoots and I was never getting home to London and my husband Jo.

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I think I may have got the part in 'Dragon Tattoo' because of 'Little Britain.'

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I'm cast for my acting, which is fortunate because when you're one of the pretty young things it can be difficult.

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I've done a few jobs where there's a daughter, there's often a father who's positive and then there's a quite negative mother. I'm very interested in why so many of those come up.

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I don't believe anybody is just an evil cow.

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As a woman growing older I've gone through that process of suddenly realising I'm invisible in the world, having not been invisible when I was young.

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I don't suffer depression because I don't worry about what's past. But anxiety is about the future and I do worry about that. I do fret a bit.

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I'm not one of those actors who can complain that work's thinned out since I've got older.

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Alcohol in families is often kept secret. There's a sense of shame.

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I remember getting out of bed at night and sitting on the stairs listening to my parents arguing and wishing I had the courage to ask them to stop.

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Jo and I tried for a second baby, but it didn't happen. The doctors - silly idiots - didn't take the problem seriously and kept giving us contradictory advice: 'Drink more milk.' 'Don't drink any milk.'

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My mother was an alcoholic, in and out of hospital my entire childhood. My father, a doctor, divorced her when I was 14. My brother and sister and I had no one to turn to, and we never spoke about it.

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Daddy had never wanted me to be an actress, so it was wonderful that he saw my success in 'The Jewel In the Crown.'

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You have to take knocks as an actor, and my parents definitely gave me fight. I'm very driven, like my father, who was a very successful doctor.

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I would love to have had more children, but it's not a huge regret when the child I have is so completely fantastic.

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It was an extraordinary experience, filming in India.

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When my parents were going, 'Oh God, are you going to be an actress?' I decided I'd give it my best shot until I was 30, and as I hit 30 it all started taking off, just in the nick of time.

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I had difficulties getting into telly, because people say that if you've been in the theatre you'll shout, but then I did telly and I didn't shout.

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