Imelda Staunton
Imelda Staunton
Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton, CBE is an English stage and screen actress. After training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Staunton began her career in repertory theatre in the 1970s before appearing in seasons at various theatres in the UK...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth9 January 1956
CityLondon, England
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Working with Mike was shocking, terrifying, exhilarating, ... It was the best job of my life. It's rather like falling out of an aeroplane with no parachute.
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I think the first 10 years of my daughter's life were my mother's happiest, because she could finally have carefree time with a kid.
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I never wanted for anything. We went to Ireland for holidays every year. I was 14 when we first went to Italy. My mum was determined I was going to go to a good school. My mum was an absolute grafter. A real grafter. I got my work ethic from her.
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We're all unique as actors. To yourself, you are unique. You have to think, 'I'm me. I'm not going to bunch myself with other people.' Agents and producers have to get you into a box to accommodate their limited imaginations.
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I've fallen over on stage a couple of times, but I've only ever bruised my ego.
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Drama school introduced me to a world I had no idea about. I wasn't brought up in a literary household at all.
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Chaotic people often have chaotic lives, and I think they create that. But if you try and have an inner peace and a positive attitude, I think you attract that.
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If you're at an award ceremony, you're against your mates.
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At the time of Woodstock, I was just 13, but I used to see these exotic hippy creatures and I did look on with envy. How could you not? In an ideal world, I would have loved to have been a hippy - but I might have been a bit strait-laced. It was my fantasy.
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I start the day with either Radio 3 or Radio 4. I don't watch any daytime television at all.
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I've always tried to fight against, 'Oh, who's that small funny actress? Let's get her.'
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There are lots of wonderful actors doing animated films these days, but I prefer it when you can't recognise them - it means they've really become the character.