Famous Quotes & Sayings

Minnie Driver

You can never be guaranteed good roles because of an award, but I think your profile and net worth as a performer has to do with awards, unfortunately.

Emily Watson

I thought it was time to jump into that Hollywood mainstream and see what the temperature was. And it was warmer than I expected.

Emily Watson

I think Silence of the Lambs was a great film and when somebody does that kind of suspense thing, with that much restraint, it's impressive.

Dinah Sheridan

Well, I suppose that, in a sense, every screen role is a favourite with me.

Joanna Lumley

I don't think we know what we're going to get, so the idea of looking for somebody can make it wrong. Make friends and get a life.

Saffron Burrows

Ultimately, I just approached her as a young woman who's pretty screwed up, and I started reading Sylvia Plath and Virginia Woolf.

Dinah Sheridan

While making Genevieve, I learned there could be a lot more to a film than just acting in it.

Kim Cattrall

Since doing the show I've been so busy that I've not really had time to mope.

Kristin Scott Thomas

I was happy, I wasn't beaten, and I lacked nothing. But it wasn't what people expect - it was very much sort of pinching and scraping. I don't know how my mother did it.

Gaines Adams

I like to have fun, but I also try to make time for my son.

George Allen

It's time for an American comeback... where leaders in Washington listen to 'we the people.'

Zadie Smith

We cannot be all the writers all the time. We can only be who we are.

Zadie Smith

Normally, young writers have all the time in the world and they don't always use it well.

Vivienne Westwood

I am in my own head most of the time.

Zubin Mehta

New York for a long time was a kind of conductor's graveyard.

Zubin Mehta

I think conductors do spend too little time with their orchestras.

Yakov Smirnoff

When you like something, you find time to do it.

Evangeline Lilly

I'm a bit delusional, but every time I do a job, I think I'm retired.