Reciting Quotes

I felt like an impostor, taking all that money for reciting ten or twelve lines of nonsense a day.

I do care about the integrity of my character. I became an actress to tell the truth of a character and deal with her issues and conflicts and joys. That`s where I like to come from. I think it`s the job of an actor to ask why. You come up with answers for yourself so you can communicated as the character. Otherwise, you`re just somebody standing there reciting lines. That`s one way to do it, I suppose. But it`s not the way I like to do it. It doesn`t feel good to me. I believe in the integrity of the character, and I believe in my own integrity.

There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.

Theatre doesn`t interest me. It doesn`t interest me because in England theatre means warm gin during intermission, not being able to smoke in the theatre, eat chocolates and try to find out who else is present in order to then greet them in the foyer. Going to this or that theatre premiere is very much an "in" thing to do. But this is only one of the reasons; the second reason is a bit more professional. Logically speaking, I think that for an actor or an actress working in the theatre is boring, but I am not referring to theatre actors who have always worked there, and this my own boring opinion, but because it means reciting the same lines every night six nights a week, not counting matinées . . . boring, don`t you think?

If there are twelve clowns in a ring, you can jump in the middle and start reciting Shakespeare, but to the audience, you`ll just be the thirteenth clown

Sharks: (reciting) I am a nice shark, not a mindless eating machine. If I am to change this image, I must first change myself. Fish are friends, not food.