Actors are rogues and vagabonds. Or they ought to be. |
All you have to do is to look like crap on film and everyone thinks you're a brilliant actress. Actually, all you've done is look like crap. |
Bride & Prejudice. |
Flesh sells. People don't want to see pictures of churches. They want to see naked bodies. |
Fortunately, my husband is an Anglophile. He even loves public transport and travelling on the Tube. I always go by bus; you can be up high and see the world. |
Her Elizabeth is so genius, |
Her Elizabeth is so genius. It's just fabulous and, in its comedic, excessive way, there is a lot of accuracy there. |
hoping something would leap magically from the canvas into me. 'Who are you? Where are you?' I'd shout over and over. |
I didn't want to be knocked over by a car and have my obituary talk only about Prime Suspect. |
I would feel very bad if she didn't like the way I played her. I certainly don't want to stick a knife in her - especially now that I'm a dame, and I might have that taken away from me. |
It's great to be queen! |
It's never been confirmed that Elizabeth was a virgin. It's like the Virgin Mary - it's about branding, a logo. To use a modern term, Elizabeth was actually a bit of a slut. |
Obviously, we're putting 20 years into four hours, so things have to become truncated. |
One thing I found hard to get scripted was the size of her ego. Her ego was so huge. She was about being the queen, and everybody had better treat her as the queen. I am not like that. |
The Passion of Ayn Rand |