"I just like watching people who really are not self-conscious, who aren't aware, because I fear that one could become too self-conscious, too artful, as an actor. Sometimes if you look at somebody, you can extrapolate from their exterior what might be happening in their interior. I'm nosy."

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Source : "Life's looking up, Dame Harriet". Interview with Aida Edemariam, www.theguardian.com. January 15, 2011.

Harriet Walter

#Self Quotes #People Quotes #Actors Quotes

“Believe it or not, there are people who want to be on juries.”
“You need a community. They remind you when you forget, and you remind them when they forget.”
“Failure isn't a problem. It's the fear of failure that's the limiting factor. You can't lose your nerve for the big failure, because it's the exact same nerve you need for the big success.”
“I'd say 80% of my activity is engaged in the interpretation of social mood.”
“I'm truly an outsider in the poetry world. When I started writing, I was trying to move my poems away from modernist lines.”
“You know one of the causes of modern despair is the fact that we have had proposed to us, from various quarters, an impossible perfection.”
“I think humor is key [to a successful middle-grade novel]. Kids like to read for entertainment, and the best way to entertain kids is to make them laugh.”
“...can I tell you something...? I don't think you're in love with the past. I think you're scared of the future.”

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