Diane Cilento
Diane Cilento
Diane Cilento was an Australian theatre and film actress and author...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionActress
Date of Birth5 October 1933
CountryAustralia
nice naughty house
Blank House was exactly a nice empty sheet where nothing was accountable because you were so naughty that you were in Blank House.
bit fell italian love madly york
When I was in New York I fell madly in love with an Italian and got married. I couldn't get out of it, and that's when I got a bit ill.
comedy control learnt michael stage
I did comedy Francaise acting. When I was in a play with Michael Redgrave, I learnt to take the stage and have control of what I was doing.
intention sort work
You had to to sort of work your way into some sort of clique, and I had no intention of doing that. So I just sort of was funny.
childhood everybody happy keeps remember talking whether
Everybody keeps talking about whether they had a happy childhood or not. I can't remember being unhappy. I think I probably was.
raging
I've always had a lot of energy. I was up and about and raging around all the time. And I did get tuberculosis out of it, finally.
bands count huge knew loved theatre
There were huge big bands like Count Basie, and I used to go from the theatre to Birdland, and they all knew me. I loved the big band sound.
blondie girls
There was that thing of girls. Girls don't have to do anything. Little blondie pretty girls don't really have to know anything much.
academics believe child money paying serious worth
I believe academics think that if the child doesn't go to university, they aren't really a serious person and not worth paying the money for.
directors hard picked shown work
If you were in the film industry at that time, you were always picked up by directors who were much older. You were whisked about and shown things. I did work very hard though.
believe brought came father good idealistic mother
My mother and father came from that idealistic age, when they were brought up to believe that they should be working for the good of mankind.