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> [After 'The Real Thing,' I thought about giving up acting because it's difficult to have a rich life outside your work when you're an actress, a private life that can survive being picked up and put down. That's what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-ehle/after-the-real-thing-i-thought-about-giving-up-acting-because-it-s/)

[Jennifer Ehle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-ehle/)

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## More by Jennifer Ehle

> [It's very unusual for scenes to be added for a character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-ehle/it-s-very-unusual-for-scenes-to-be-added-for-a-character/)

[Jennifer Ehle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-ehle/)

> [I am determined that nothing but the deepest love could ever induce me into matrimony.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-ehle/i-am-determined-that-nothing-but-the-deepest-love-could-ever-induce/)

[Jennifer Ehle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-ehle/)

> [After 'The Real Thing,' I thought about giving up acting because it's difficult to have a rich life outside your work when you're an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-ehle/after-the-real-thing-i-thought-about-giving-up-acting-because-it-s/)

[Jennifer Ehle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-ehle/)

> [You know what else I've learnt? That it's all right not to ride the crest of the wave. Every time a wave comes along…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-ehle/you-know-what-else-i-ve-learnt-that-it-s-all-right-not-to-ride-the/)

[Jennifer Ehle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-ehle/)

> [My natural accent is American. I chose to speak with a U.K. accent when I was about to enter the final year at drama…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-ehle/my-natural-accent-is-american-i-chose-to-speak-with-a-u-k-accent-when/)

[Jennifer Ehle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-ehle/)

> [I started so slowly and had so few followers and then it kind of sort of snowballed. I still feel an intimacy on Twitter,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-ehle/i-started-so-slowly-and-had-so-few-followers-and-then-it-kind-of-sort/)

[Jennifer Ehle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-ehle/)

> [The Old Vic is a beautiful theater to work in. It's quite a large house, but it has a feeling of intimacy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-ehle/the-old-vic-is-a-beautiful-theater-to-work-in-it-s-quite-a-large/)

[Jennifer Ehle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-ehle/)

> [What's the point of doing a brilliant Hedda Gabler in my back garden if no one will ever see it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-ehle/what-s-the-point-of-doing-a-brilliant-hedda-gabler-in-my-back-garden/)

[Jennifer Ehle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-ehle/)

> [There is a cost that comes with moving schools so often and it's not what I want for my son when he gets older,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-ehle/there-is-a-cost-that-comes-with-moving-schools-so-often-and-it-s-not/)

[Jennifer Ehle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-ehle/)

> [So much of my life is not about work and that is usually mainly what I do tweet about. We live a very quiet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-ehle/so-much-of-my-life-is-not-about-work-and-that-is-usually-mainly-what/)

[Jennifer Ehle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-ehle/)

> [People used to always ask, and I would say I wanted to be an actress. When they would ask why, I would say because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-ehle/people-used-to-always-ask-and-i-would-say-i-wanted-to-be-an-actress/)

[Jennifer Ehle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-ehle/)

> [I really never get recognized at all for anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-ehle/i-really-never-get-recognized-at-all-for-anything/)

[Jennifer Ehle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-ehle/)

> [There's never been a game plan, and I suppose I've had an uneasy relationship with my ambition. Someone who had been in my year…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-ehle/there-s-never-been-a-game-plan-and-i-suppose-i-ve-had-an-uneasy/)

[Jennifer Ehle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-ehle/)

> [I wish I'd not taken off all my clothes in my first television series, 'The Camomile Lawn.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-ehle/i-wish-i-d-not-taken-off-all-my-clothes-in-my-first-television-series/)

[Jennifer Ehle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-ehle/)

> [If I print something out, I just spend all my time trying to find where I've put it down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-ehle/if-i-print-something-out-i-just-spend-all-my-time-trying-to-find/)

[Jennifer Ehle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-ehle/)

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