Penelope Wilton
Penelope Wilton
Dame Penelope Alice Wilton, DBEis an English actress. She is known for starring opposite Richard Briers in the BBC sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles; playing Homily in The Borrowersand The Return of the Borrowers; and for her role as Isobel Crawley in the ITV drama Downton Abbey. She also played the recurring role of Harriet Jones in Doctor Who...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth3 June 1946
careers needs done
You need to keep on doing things you have never done before in your career. You have to have a go.
bit
The thing about being an actor is that you turn into other people. You have to hide yourself a bit in order to let that other person come out.
platitudes rather terribly
I find talking about acting very boring, having to come out with platitudes about how terribly nice everyone is. I would much rather just do it.
people
I don't really care any longer what other people think.
grumpy older-women
It's true, I've become one of those grumpy older women.
measurement legs surprise
I don't tell everyone my life history because if everyone knows your inside-leg measurement, how can you surprise them?
people trying emotion
Mostly in life people are trying not to have emotions.
people never-change
Some people will never change.
people looks knows
You can't look at people being crucified. Even if you know it is just pretend.
children loss lost
I've never lost a grown-up child, but I have known loss.
real character journey
I am drawn to characters that go on journeys, characters that are real people, that have life.
laughing trying comedy
You don't go to a comedy and try to laugh. You laugh in spite of yourself. You don't just come on stage and cry. Something has pushed you to cry.
play figures iconic
When you play someone who is an iconic figure you can't go into it lightly.
century close-relationship twentieth-century
I've had very close relationships with some twentieth-century writers.