Imelda Staunton

Chaotic people often have chaotic lives, and I think they create that. But if you try and have an inner peace and a positive attitude, I think you attract that. ↗

— Imelda Staunton

#attitude #attract #chaotic #create #i

You can only do your best. That's all you can do. And if it isn't good enough, it isn't good enough. ↗

— Imelda Staunton

#do your best #enough #good #only #you

Agents and producers have to get you into a box to accommodate their limited imaginations. ↗

— Imelda Staunton

#agents #box #get #imaginations #into

Fortunately my career has never been about how I look, it's about how I can be. ↗

— Imelda Staunton

#been #career #fortunately #how #i

I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That's what makes me interested in them, that they didn't present themselves as idols; they were just doing their jobs. ↗

— Imelda Staunton

#because #bette #bette davis #davis #doing

I worked in rep for six years, then I came to London and to the National Theatre. What's better than that? ↗

— Imelda Staunton

#came #i #i came #london #national

I've always liked new writing. ↗

— Imelda Staunton

#i #liked #new #writing

If you're at an award ceremony, you're against your mates. ↗

— Imelda Staunton

#award #ceremony #mates #you #your

Look at Judi Dench, who's brilliant in whatever bloody job she does. ↗

— Imelda Staunton

#brilliant #dench #does #job #judi

The one good thing is that I get a lot more good scripts coming through my letterbox. 'Vera Drake' raised my profile in one way, and then 'Harry Potter' in another. ↗

— Imelda Staunton

#coming #drake #get #good #good scripts