"Acting attracts shy people and show-offs."

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Source : "Unspoken worlds" by Gareth McLean, www.theguardian.com. October 25, 2007.

Penelope Wilton

#People Quotes #Acting Quotes #Shy Quotes

“I called my son Jett and I wanted to call my daughter Qantas but my wife wouldn't let me.”
“No one has ever abandoned a belief because he was forced to do so.”
“For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge' took a year to record; that's why the playing on it might sound somewhat labored. 'Balance,' on the other hand, was written and recorded in only four months, so the whole process was quicker and more immediate.”
“My parents got divorced when I was about ten years old, but I saw my mom go work two and three jobs to make sure we didn't miss a beat.”
“On my birthday, I was in Milan for the collections.”
“These are challenging and exciting times. No previous generation of Australians has ever had such an opportunity. No other country in the world has such an opportunity now. So long as we retain faith in ourselves, practise tolerance and reward initiative, we should be in no doubt about succeeding.”
“If you live in an oppressive society, you've got to be resilient. You can't let each little thing crush you. You have take every encounter and make yourself larger, rather than allow yourself to be diminished by it.”
“The heart that is conscious of its own integrity is ever slow to credit anotherÂ´s treachery.”

Source : Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Michael Cordner (2008). “The School for Scandal and Other Plays”, p.260, Oxford University Press

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