Tara Fitzgerald Quotes

Tara Fitzgerald

Profession : Actress

Birth : September 18, 1967

I can be a bit of a know-all. That's been a defence since I was young. I often say: 'Oh yes, I know, I know,' when I really don't know. I can sound like I have strong opinions, often when I have the least clue.

Tara Fitzgerald

I'm loving being in the West End. There's something marvellous about Covent Garden in the summer. There's such an infusion of people and tourists. It's vibrant and exotic.

Tara Fitzgerald

I enjoy the discipline of work and then being coughed out on to the streets of London.

Tara Fitzgerald

Auctions and flea markets are a compulsion I've picked up from my mother and I like the idea of recycling.

Tara Fitzgerald

It's one thing to donate organs. But there's something very specific about taking a whole body and subjecting it to tests. It's harder to assimilate that, I think. It seems slightly macabre.

Tara Fitzgerald

I love Rome. Partly because Romans aren't precious about their history and because they've got the lifestyle thing pretty sorted out. It's also walkable, which is nice because you can stroll around and soak everything up.

Tara Fitzgerald

I'd really like to go to China and spend a decent amount of time there exploring.

Tara Fitzgerald

I love the way the Japanese prepare food - it's so skilful and clean.

Tara Fitzgerald

Sydney is a perfect city, because it's by the water. I love New York, too, because I once had a flat in Brooklyn. I usually arrive somewhere and immediately think 'I'd love to live here,' but when it's time to leave I realise that I miss London.

Tara Fitzgerald

My tendency has always been towards strong, repressive roles.

Tara Fitzgerald

You fall in love with everything about a job when you're doing it. You give yourself to it, then move on to the next thing.

Tara Fitzgerald

I was very materialistic as a child and I missed not having nice things. My mother drove an old banger - I was mortified every time we drove to school.

Tara Fitzgerald

I do very little to help the rest of the world. I'm not going to start demanding that other people do.

Tara Fitzgerald

Ophelia's such a victim - and I'm not good at playing victims. I prefer to play strong, feisty women. I kept trying to save Ophelia.

Tara Fitzgerald

The thing I like best about the British film industry is its freedom. Because we don't have a star system, you're not always asked to play the same role because that's what the public wants - like Jack Nicholson is.

Tara Fitzgerald

When you're training, there's no preparation for the media aspect of the profession, which is like another job in itself. But when you become an actress, you become public property. You have to expect certain things. It comes with the territory.

Tara Fitzgerald

The tabloids are like terriers; they hold onto things voraciously.

Tara Fitzgerald

I remember being told that around the 50 mark, I'd be in the wasteland and I'd have to wait until my sixties when, if I was lucky, I'd get granny roles. But, actually, I'm finding the older I get, the more interesting my career becomes - which is rather wonderful, isn't it?

Tara Fitzgerald

I do love creating a look and dressing up in general.

Tara Fitzgerald

As a young actress, I lacked a lot of confidence. I had no real sense of autonomy or belief that I had a right to be where I was.

Tara Fitzgerald