Penelope Wilton famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

The trouble with anyone when they're unhappy or in a relationship they recognize is not working but don't know what to do about is that they can't see farther out than that. If the relationship is not working, if what was there isn't there anymore, you have to do something about it.
-- Penelope Wilton

#Unhappy #Trouble
I have spent my whole life educating myself.
-- Penelope Wilton

#Whole Life
I've had very close relationships with some twentieth-century writers.
-- Penelope Wilton

#Century #Close Relationship
When you play someone who is an iconic figure you can't go into it lightly.
-- Penelope Wilton

#Play #Figures #Iconic
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.
-- Penelope Wilton

#Laughing #Trying #Comedy
I am drawn to characters that go on journeys, characters that are real people, that have life.
-- Penelope Wilton

#Real #Character #Journey
I've never lost a grown-up child, but I have known loss.
-- Penelope Wilton

#Children #Loss #Lost
You can't look at people being crucified. Even if you know it is just pretend.
-- Penelope Wilton

#People #Looks
Some people will never change.
-- Penelope Wilton

#People #Never Change
Mostly in life people are trying not to have emotions.
-- Penelope Wilton

#People #Trying #Emotion
I don't tell everyone my life history because if everyone knows your inside-leg measurement, how can you surprise them?
-- Penelope Wilton

#Measurement #Legs #Surprise
You need to keep on doing things you have never done before in your career. You have to have a go.
-- Penelope Wilton

#Careers #Needs #Done
It's true, I've become one of those grumpy older women.
-- Penelope Wilton

#Grumpy #Older Women
Acting attracts shy people and show-offs.
-- Penelope Wilton

#People #Acting #Shy
I love the drive from York to Whitby over the moors - one of the great journeys, in my book.
-- Penelope Wilton

#Book #Journey #Moors
I've learnt to listen. I don't think I always did listen.
-- Penelope Wilton

#Thinking
In my life, I've had estates in Russia, houses in Spain, in Norway, in the deep south of America.
-- Penelope Wilton

#America #Russia #House
People in distress behave in a stressful way. They aren't all sweetness and light. They don't behave well when they are unhappy. That's just what I've observed.
-- Penelope Wilton

#Light #People #Unhappy
Iâ€™ve learnt to listen. I donâ€™t think I always did listen. Not just in plays, but in life. And you have to hear what people are saying before you can respond.
-- Penelope Wilton

#Thinking #Play #People

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