Imelda Staunton Quotes

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Imelda Staunton

Profession : Actress

Birth : January 9, 1956

We all must support the arts, as it is our culture. It makes us better people. It makes us happy; it gives us empathy and shows us how to live. It is so important.

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To me, it's really not about how I look - it's about who I can be. It is my job to bring the character to life and my duty to fit into the jigsaw in that story.

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You could say I'm a character actress. Or maybe a character actress who does peculiar, interesting lead roles.

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I think the first 10 years of my daughter's life were my mother's happiest, because she could finally have carefree time with a kid.

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I never wanted for anything. We went to Ireland for holidays every year. I was 14 when we first went to Italy. My mum was determined I was going to go to a good school. My mum was an absolute grafter. A real grafter. I got my work ethic from her.

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I've always tried to fight against, 'Oh, who's that small funny actress? Let's get her.'

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Drama school introduced me to a world I had no idea about. I wasn't brought up in a literary household at all.

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We're in a world that celebrates things: success, beauty, money. And I reckon that's really about 4 per cent of the world. The rest of us are just getting on with it.

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I don't think it's that I don't like Sondheim. It's that I find it really... I don't know how to describe it. Doing it is the most extraordinary thing. Because it's like Shakespeare times 100 with singing. It's that satisfying - and that demanding.

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A lot of film stars are just playing themselves in different frocks.

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For everyday clothes, I love North Face and Rohan, and for smarter options, I like Whistles and Agnes b on Marylebone High Street.

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Both my parents had heart problems: my mother had type 2 diabetes, and my father had a stroke.

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I've fallen over on stage a couple of times, but I've only ever bruised my ego.

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You read about poor people having Botox go wrong and you think: 'Well, what the bloody hell were you doing?' Why would you inject yourself with poison? And why are we spending so much time looking at ourselves? I just don't get it.

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I start the day with either Radio 3 or Radio 4. I don't watch any daytime television at all.

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There are lots of wonderful actors doing animated films these days, but I prefer it when you can't recognise them - it means they've really become the character.

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I am a character actress. Well, let's say, I am a leading character actress who does interesting, odd parts.

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You can be very famous without being a great actress, and that's not good for me.

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