Tara Fitzgerald Quotes

Tara Fitzgerald

Profession : Actress

Birth : September 18, 1967

Actors are never resting. Even if you're not working, you're looking for the next job.

Tara Fitzgerald

Actors sometimes say they can't do something because their character would never do that. The director Suri Krishnamma once told me he found that strange. 'Most mornings,' he said, 'I have a cup of tea - but occasionally I have coffee.' It reminded me that we're all capable of anything, really.

Tara Fitzgerald

It must be wonderful to believe in something so passionately that you're prepared to die for it. I was never that kind of teenager. I was too full of self-doubt.

Tara Fitzgerald

As a kid, whenever I dreamed of acting I always imagined myself in front of an audience.

Tara Fitzgerald

I would willingly have laid down my life for my father.

Tara Fitzgerald

I do have a fear of being cursed, genetically; that I might have the same chemical imbalance that caused my father's depression.

Tara Fitzgerald

Generally, being famous is hard work.

Tara Fitzgerald

I only ever wanted fame on my own terms, which was naive. I didn't understand the rules of engagement, that networking was an essential part of it. I was never very good at that.

Tara Fitzgerald

Appearing in a play night after night is a Herculean task. But it's like a muscle, and you develop it.

Tara Fitzgerald

I rarely make good friends on film sets. I'll meet the same actors on different projects every few years, but in the interim we just get on with our own lives. I hope this means I don't make enemies, because I certainly don't go out deliberately to do so. But I'm sure they're lurking out there somewhere.

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I tend to play independent-minded people.

Tara Fitzgerald

I have an unusual larynx; when I auditioned at RADA, they thought I had nodes on my throat, but it's just my natural voice and it's always been this way.

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I get bored with our political correctness; I find it irritating, dreary and lacking in imagination.

Tara Fitzgerald

I'm interested in life in general and not just acting; I don't think you can offer any value creatively otherwise.

Tara Fitzgerald

I have realised that the goals you set yourself are never quite what you imagine them to be. They are often a bit of a disappointment, actually.

Tara Fitzgerald

My family went to see a pantomime called 'Give a Dog a Bone' when I was about five. My aunt was the stage manager and we were in a box. My sister ran out of the box and on to the stage, while the show was on. The audience loved it. It was a great moment.

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I wish it was easier for young people to go to drama school. It is too expensive and there are so few opportunities when they graduate.

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I'm lucky: both sides of my family are pretty strong in different ways.

Tara Fitzgerald

I love running. It's so good for your mental health, your confidence, everything.

Tara Fitzgerald

I'm naturally quite wiry and muscular.

Tara Fitzgerald