Lesley Manville Quotes

Lesley Manville

Profession : Actress

Birth : March 12, 1956

I try to keep the more uninteresting stuff to a minimum, unless I'm really broke.

Lesley Manville

For me, personality acting is not that interesting. I don't want to just be myself.

Lesley Manville

I think that distributors and marketing companies realise that there are a huge number of women over 40 who want to go the cinema and see films about themselves. Women of my age don't want to be force-fed with stuff about 25-year-olds.

Lesley Manville

With learning lines, before I had Alfie, I'd put it off and think, 'Oh, I'll just have a glass of wine and then do it later,' but when you've finally got a child to bed and you know you've only got an hour, then you achieve so much.

Lesley Manville

Oh, there's so much ego with men; in their head, they can't possibly think about Tesco's when they are doing Othello. Er, why not? They want to think that they are such geniuses they can't muddy their day with domesticity, and I've got no truck with it whatsoever.

Lesley Manville

I hate that thing that if you are over 45, and you're going to be on telly or make films, you have to do all this stupid stuff to your face. I would no more let someone stick a needle in my forehead than fly to the moon.

Lesley Manville

I'm very lucky because I don't half get some juicy jobs. But I can't tell you the number I've turned down in the past 20 years because I wanted to be at home, looking after my son. There was never any question about that. Alfie and I are dead close. I can't bear it when he's away.

Lesley Manville

The thing is, when you have a child with someone, like it or not, you're going to have to have a continuing relationship with them.

Lesley Manville

I got invited to what's called the Gifting Suite in Toronto. I had the day off, so I thought I'd go and see what's what. You come out laden with wonderful stuff. Apparently, if you go to the Oscars, you get given things like iPads. Not that I'm in it for the swag.

Lesley Manville

It would never occur to me not to look dreadful if that's the job description.

Lesley Manville

I'd love it if doors open for me in America. There are directors I'd love to work with there. I'll always do theater, but I've got to pay the mortgage.

Lesley Manville

I love playing women at the far ends of the social scale. I've done it all my life; that's where my ability lies.

Lesley Manville