Lesley Manville Quotes

I had left school at 16, gone to stage school - and, until I was 22, I hadn't really played anyone but myself. Then in 1979, I made a film with Mike Leigh called 'Grownups,' which went out on the BBC, and overnight this new career opened up.

Lesley Manville

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: March 12, 1956

Topics

MyselfSchoolCareerNewStageOut

I'm English. All we do is blush.

Joanna Coles

BlushEnglish

Each tribe has its characteristics, it is true.

John Hanning Speke

TrueTribeCharacteristicsEach

If something happens and you're behind, and you get hit in the mouth early like that, you have two options: You can either pack it in mentally and internally and go into survival mode and quit, or you're going to get up and go to work.

Andre Ward

WorkSurvivalYouMouthEarlyQuit

For two centuries, the South has feared a takeover by blacks or the feds. In Obama, they have both.

Maureen Dowd

TwoTakeoverBothBlacksFeared

My priority is always playing tennis and practising and doing my schedule with my tennis.

Angelique Kerber

DoingScheduleTennisAlwaysPlaying

When I see somebody being mistreated, my eyes tear up and I want to stop it. And I believe that the best thing I can do is to write about it, because if I insert myself into the equation it doesn't really do much good, but if I write about it I think it could do more good.

John Pomfret

GoodEyesMyselfBestBelieveThink

Content marketing is one of the most effective ways to promote your business online - but only when it's done right.

John Rampton

BusinessMarketingDoneRightYour

It's so interesting that the romantic side of my life comes from my father, who I really didn't even know that well.

Sophie B. Hawkins

LifeFatherRomanticMy LifeKnow

I went down to my keyboard and was playing random chords, and the one line I kept repeating was, 'I'm a lost boy from Neverland.' I decided to post it to Vine, and it got the biggest reaction I'd ever gotten. People wanted to hear more, and I had to explain it wasn't a song.

Ruth B

PeopleRandomSongDownLostBoy

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

KindnessOpportunityBeing There

Flowers would be wasted on me. I don't like valentines. I don't need gifts. I'm a pragmatic romantic.

Lisa Jewell

RomanticFlowersMeNeedWasted

I just love doing sitcoms. I'd be in them till I was gray if they'd have me.

Jason Bateman

LoveMeDoingGrayJustThem

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