Glenda Jackson
Glenda Jackson
Glenda May Jackson, CBEis a British actress and Labour Party politician. She first became a Member of Parliamentin 1992, and represented Hampstead and Kilburn until 2015...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth9 May 1936
acting laugh sex
Acting is not very hard. The most important things are to be able to laugh and cry. If I have to cry, I think of my sex life. And if I have to laugh,well, I think of my sex life.
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You've got to sing sometimes like you don't need the money. Love sometimes like you'll never get hurt. You've got to dance, dance, dance like nobody's watching. It's got to come from the heart if you want it to work.
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I'm very sorry because I thought she was an absolutely first rate Secretary of State for International Development,
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The old argument that the working class won't enter higher education because they are afraid of getting into debt is patronizing.
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Acting is not about dressing up. Acting is about stripping bare. The whole essence of learning lines is to forget them so you can make them sound like you thought of them that instant.
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The important thing in acting is to be able to laugh and cry. If I have to cry, I think of my sex life. If I have to laugh, I think of my sex life.
eye giving movement
It's appalling that there have to be movements organized to give human beings the right to be human beings in the eyes of other human beings.
wise age growing
I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious.
pride men independence
For marriage the best man is the man within oneself. Most women need to develop their own 'masculine' qualities of independence, pride, courage and open sexuality.
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it is extraordinary how much you are theirs, and how little they are yours. The child grows inside you and there is something mystical and mythical in that, but then you actually see that you are nothing more than the box in which they come. There is this total person, already formed, themselves.
actors essentials tasks
The good writer and the good actor are always searching for what is essential. It is a never-ending task because what is essential is always elusive and, therefore, fascinating.
failure defeated disappointed
I have been disappointed many times, but never defeated.
humility successful motherhood
To counter-balance the natural humility of motherhood, I garden ... In the garden, more than any place, I really feel successful.
children motherhood blood
Motherhood is the most dangerous and awesome relationship possible. ... The parent/child blood relationship is one-sided and irrevocable and enduring. And it is all rather humbling.