Geraldine James Quotes

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Geraldine James

Profession : Actress

Birth : July 6, 1950

As a woman, sadly, you go from the girl to the love interest to the wife to the mistress to the mother to the granny - and so the stereotype goes on.

Geraldine James

I went to a terrifying boarding school and everyone was a brilliant singer or musician or artist, and I wasn't good at any of those things, so I became the school clown. Someone spotted me, cast me as the Artful Dodger in a play and that was it.

Geraldine James

It's fine to be an older man in my business, but not an older woman. I think of the 'Lord of the Rings' films, which had four or five leading men who were over 60 and the oldest woman was Cate Blanchett.

Geraldine James

My daughter always came first and I got used to my agent saying, when I turned down this or that project because of her, 'Oh yes, of course' rather glumly. It was all about priorities.

Geraldine James

I enjoy fringe theatre because you get a real sense of collaboration with the audience which you often don't get in the West End where, on occasions, one has been made uncomfortably aware of people dozing off.

Geraldine James

It's funny the way things often work out for the best.

Geraldine James

As with Shakespeare, we keep revisiting Chekhov.

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For some reason in England, the word 'Chekhovian' is associated with drifting about with a parasol, a lot of weeping, and drinking tea from a samovar. But it's about real people - it's about family relationships and the way people want to be recognised for who they are.

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David Fincher is an actor's director.

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I've become much fitter as I've got older, funnily enough.

Geraldine James

The good thing about buying things online is that you can send them back.

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I've never played a police person before 'Black Work,' and certainly had never worn a uniform.

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To be asked to do something quite unusual keeps you going.

Geraldine James

If you're asked constantly to do something extremely dull, you don't have to commit any imaginative power.

Geraldine James

We can't all play Marie Antoinette all of the time.

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That's what I enjoy: the ensemble, being in a company, being part of something.

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I knew nothing about India before 'Gandhi.' It seemed quite sort of frightening the place where hippies used to go in the '60s.

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In India, time is of a completely different nature. People there think 'So what?' about our compulsions. A cup of tea is only a cup of tea.

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My own sister has always been apparently more successful socially. I was much more the serious one. While she was out shopping for clothes, I was more inclined to be staying in, playing the piano.

Geraldine James

I'd love to do more Shakespeare but Shakespeare didn't write parts for older women.

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