Nowhere is it more true that "prevention is better than cure," than in the case of Parasitic Diseases.
You cant please all the people all the time.
I would rather do many small roles on TV, stage or film than one blockbuster that made me rich but had no acting.
My phrase has always been that I am looking for the versatility of theatre in film. I think I have been quite lucky in that so far.
It's the idea that when you say 'actress', people think of an airy, floaty, no-brain person, which of course you can't be if you are an actor. It is an unfortunate word, which is why, for a time, I hung on to 'actor', because it just seemed more workmanlike, you know, like you say 'woman doctor' not 'doctoress'.
We're still fighting over the same issue - equal pay.
And there's no way I'm going to do Dame Edna.
The sensual mysticism of entire vertical being.
I don't mind competition at all. I mean, the record business is the most competitive business in the world, probably. So I'm used to that. In a weird way, it kind of makes you work harder.
Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.
My mom had the breakdown for the family, and I went into therapy for all of us.