Lynn Redgrave
Lynn Redgrave
Lynn Redgrave, OBEwas an English actress...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth8 March 1943
british-actress marriage past reached stage sure
And I think one can forgive, and I don't think one can forget. I'm not sure what stage I've reached about my marriage yet, but I know I'm past it.
chose plans surgery work
I chose the surgery because I had to work. I had to work for my own well-being. I had to be on stage. I had plans to be on stage.
days depression further
I didn't go into a depression where I stopped. No. I had what I called my days of grief, and they got further and further apart.
finding-love
I find love from time to time.
father play acting
My father's ashes are not yet interred.strangely, I find the fact that he isn't properly laid to rest helps me when I'm doingthis play.
pie sleeves custard
God always has another custard pie up his sleeve.
marriage years want
I don't want marriage. You know why? Because I did that. I did it for 32 years.
butterfly cocoons flew
I became the butterfly. I got out of the cocoon, and I flew.
children able helping
It eats you up. It eats you up. And you have to - I had a lot of help. I had a lot of therapy. And I was able to - because it was hard, you know, to - you can't just lay it on friends and children.
mammograms urges
And I would urge all women to have that regular mammogram.
loss life-is mourn
And yet, I suppose you mourn the loss or the death of what you thought your life was, even if you find your life is better after. You mourn the future that you thought you'd planned.
thrill able different
So I - the thought that I would physically be different was - it's not a thrill, I have to tell you. It's kind of - it brings you up short. But I was able to look at it right away.
kids emotional thinking
I think - I think I've always been kind of - I used to think of myself as a piece of rubber when I was a kid because I was kind of very shy and very - very emotional about things, but I kind of would bounce back.
grateful two years
And so I was very grateful that I didn't do the British stiff upper lip, but I went straight to a therapist. And she was wonderful and helpful, and I went for about two years.