Lesley Manville Quotes

If I go away, I take a little picture of my son. It's in a frame with a speaker, and he recorded a birthday message for me when he was nine or 10. I can't listen to it without filling up.

Lesley Manville

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

BirthdaySonMePictureGoListen

As far as working with actors, I feel very comfortable working in that aspect of directing.

Jim Rash

FeelComfortableWorkingFarI Feel

You don't know what someone's going to walk away from a movie with, but you hope it's something positive, but if nothing, you want them most basically to be entertained and engaged. That's your job. But you also hope to give them something to chew on or maybe some insight into the human existence, you hope a little bit. Not to sound too lofty.

Melissa Rosenberg

PositiveHopeWalkJobSomeoneYou

I almost turned down '8 Mile.' I was due to start 'ER,' and I learned they really wanted me to be in '8 Mile.' I didn't know Eminem; I just knew he was a rapper and saw what everyone else saw in the media. I thought they were just trying to capitalize on his popularity.

Mekhi Phifer

MeStartThoughtMediaTryingDown

It's crazy how you can get yourself in a mess sometimes and not even be able to think about it with any sense and yet not be able to think about anything else.

Stanley Kubrick

YourselfCrazyThinkYouSometimes

'Baywatch' was one of those shows that you auditioned for all the time as a young girl. I auditioned once to play a blind girl and didn't get it. I was constantly auditioning for it.

Shiri Appleby

GirlTimeBlindYouPlayYoung

I remember times when the whole music scene was just flourishing.

Roscoe Mitchell

MusicRememberWholeJustI Remember

A person dishonored is worst than dead.

Miguel de Cervantes

PersonWorstDeadThan

Multinational brands, especially those with successful legacies, often struggle in emerging countries.

Dinesh Paliwal

StruggleSuccessfulMultinational

I gave it my body and mind, but I have kept my soul.

Phil Jackson

SoulMindMy SoulBodyGaveKept

Type a few lines of code, you create an organism.

Richard Powers

YouCreateLinesCodeFewOrganism

I feed off the fashion world like a parasite.

Marilyn Minter

WorldFashionFeedOffLike

When I went into film, it never occurred to me that I wouldn't be able to do whatever I wanted to do. Maybe that was a good thing in the beginning. I had blinders on, and I charged forward.

Lesli Linka Glatter

GoodBeginningMeForwardNever

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