Jessica Tandy Quotes
Anything in your life that can parallel something in the life of a character that you`re playing is of great value because you can really feel all of those things and know what it would be like.
I`m most comfortable on the stage. Because of the nature of film and television, you`ll very often do the climactic scene on the first day and the other parts weeks later. It`s hard to remember exactly what state you were in. It`s easier when you start at the beginning and go through to the end. Any new project, new play, new film, you`re really starting from square one every time. You can`t be sure enough of yourself to say, "Well, this is just a piece of cake." It`s not like that at all -- not for me.
I must say, if I had known at the beginning of my life that this is where I would get to, I would have said, "Not possible. Not possible."
(1950) Jack Hawkins is a wonderful actor, but a rotten husband!
(joking reference to her husband, Hume Cronyn) When he`s late for dinner, I know he`s either having an affair or is lying dead in the street, I always hope it`s the street.
