"The inner speech, your thoughts, can cause you to be rich or poor, loved or unloved, happy or unhappy, attractive or unattractive, powerful or weak."

“When people read erotic symbols into my painting, they're really thinking about their own affairs.”

“A treasure of memories is a very special happiness.”

“We are on a journey of becoming that which we already are. That is the impossible paradox of our lives.”

“There's one thing that keeps surprising you about stormy old friends after they die - their silence.”

“Look at Judi Dench, who's brilliant in whatever bloody job she does.”

Source : "Vera Drake: Imelda Staunton about Mike Leigh". Interview with Emanuel Levy, emanuellevy.com. February 9, 2005.

“The life we've been leading couldn't last forever. It's a wonder it lasted as long as it did.”

“If it requires a uniform, it's a worthless endeavor.”

“I have a need to do something and know I can be successful.”