English - Actress | July 12, 1966 -
I am interested in shows that are not out-and-out gag fests: you see the truth of a broken heart behind them. That is what life is like: it's really funny, you see funny things as soon as you step out of the room, but underneath that is a whole bag of broken hearts. It's that real pain and that real hilarity that makes life so intriguing.
Tamsin Greig
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
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I knew a homeless guy who'd give all the copper coins that people gave him to charity. So I think there's something that makes us want to give. For me, it's quite a selfish luxury: you feel enlivened, deepened and self-nurtured by generosity.
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You step over the threshold of your parents' home, and you're instantly transported back to your childhood. It's like time travel. You revert at once to a place of arrested development.
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I think that if you take somebody out of their comfort zone, they're going to dislike people because they're not liking themselves in a situation.
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I try not to look any further ahead than the next cup of tea. You never know if that cuppa will come or not, do you?
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I'm an actor, and I'm supposed to reflect real people.
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I think if you're trying to be funny, sometimes you're bending a piece of metal in a direction it doesn't want to go. And sometimes comedy just needs to find itself.
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Radio listeners often have a very fertile imagination when it comes to body shape.
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I don't ever want to do stuff just for the sake of it.
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Laughing and crying are very similar. They're an extreme response to life. You see it in children who start laughing hysterically.
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I'm quite an odd little part of the Venn diagram. I'm not a movie star and beautiful in that way. I do an odd thing that's funny and sad, and my face and my old body can take that.
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