English - Actress | October 30, 1956 -
I'm hardly Hollywood material - they're interested in youth and perfection and I lay no claims to either. It's not a place that's particularly interested in talent.
Juliet Stevenson
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I do understand that onstage there are times when you think, 'I could not be more alive than I am at this moment. I can't do most things in life. This is what I'm for.'
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It is intensely frustrating. The longer you live, the more interesting life gets, and yet many of the parts involve carrying trays and putting lamb chops down in front of the leading man.
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I'd rather be useful than rich. It's more essential to feel you're doing something that's worth doing, rather than making a lot of money.
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There's still a massive inequality between the genders. If you look at the trajectory of a male actor's career, there's no hesitation or hiatus. But women after the age of 35 to 40 are rarely placed in the centre of the story.
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Sometimes I think it'd be fun to do a completely different job for a while. You've got one life and you do the same job for the whole of it, and you think - was that a good use of a life?
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I often wrangle with myself as an actor, and wrestle with the process. In striving for authenticity I often have the feeling I am falling short.
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I wanted to be the conduit for somebody else's experiences, filtered through me, and passed on to other people. Which is the job description, really.
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In our own, theatre can be the place where we come together, reaching with and through stories, to who we are and to who we can be.
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