Diane Cilento
Diane Cilento
Diane Cilento was an Australian theatre and film actress and author...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionActress
Date of Birth5 October 1933
CountryAustralia
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.
mother father worry
The most surprising thing for my mother and father was when I was actually earning more money than them by the time I was about 18. They thought I was going to be the ne'er do well, who they'd have to keep worrying about.
skills ambitious movement
I learnt the theory of movement, which I still teach sometimes. I was very, very ambitious to learn a skill.
sleep thinking rage
I never used to sleep much. I think we all go through a bit of a time like that where we rage about. If we don't, I don't think you've ever really lived.
mother italian facts
Any woman who marries an Italian must accept the undeniable fact that she has also married his mother.
stupid australia years
I had a place in England and was commuting from England to Australia, which is pretty stupid, but after two years I sort of knew what I wanted to do, more or less.
earning contracts lots-of-money
Suddenly I had a contract and I was earning lots of money.
mother new-york america
My mother felt it was time that I had some parental control, so I went off to America and went to New York.
father silly successful
My father said, If you want to do acting, you have to be successful, which is a silly thing to say.
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.
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.
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.
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.