Nicola Walker Quotes

Nicola Walker

Profession : Actress

Birth : May 15, 1970

Breakfast is a battle. I never feel like eating, but I have now found my way to porridge. I have it with full-fat milk and banana.

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I was on a tour of a Restoration comedy in 1996, and in Moscow we stayed at the Metropole hotel, off Red Square. The food there was opulent, but in the Maly theatre canteen, there were just a few pieces of rye bread, peanuts, and gherkins. I stood in the queue and burst into tears.

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Roast potatoes - I can't say no. At Christmas, I reach over for the fifth or sixth one, and I think I could keep going until I explode.

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Derek Jacobi is probably our finest actor.

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I'd be an absolutely appalling detective... Appalling.

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We lived in so many flats, and the more people you could get, the cheaper the flat was. Someone was always sleeping in the living room, and you're always slightly hiding them when the landlord came round.

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I'd really like to play Lady Macbeth.

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I've got a feisty face.

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You can't escape your face.

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You just have to look at me to know what I am feeling. So I would be a useless policewoman or spy.

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I was never told that the purpose of school was to get a job at the end of it. What was pushed on me was a love of learning, probably because my parents didn't have access to a great education.

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The confidence and charisma it takes to stand up in front of a group of children absolutely terrifies me.

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When I look back at the Nineties, I realise there wasn't very much TV I wanted to do.

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I can't tell you the excitement to be in a new TV series or a play you've got to read for. That's the best.

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Yes, I go a little bit crazy when I'm not working, which is an issue for me. My background is you go to work; that's what you do.

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I was always about working. I like working. I don't like being unemployed. I love acting.

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My whole family were from the East End, but they moved away when I was a child. They still cannot get their heads around the fact that I ran back to London as soon as I could, when I was 21.

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Filming in London is brilliant.

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High-end divorce is a closed world. When I tried to research it, I was really surprised about how little there is out there. I think that's because of the nature of the subject matter - privacy is incredibly important to this level of client.

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In this industry, people like to look at different faces on their screens - even I do.

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