I would rather give up acting than become world famous, because I think you pay a very high price. Writing and putting new plays out into the world has informed what I do, and I've had a lot more freedom… — Lindsay Duncan Copy Share Image
It's an important point to make that people can't just be invalidated, eradicated, because they don't fit tidily into a box. And more and… — Lindsay Duncan Copy Share
I desperately wanted to play the part of Darth Vader's mother - I think she ended up being played by a Scandinavian actress -… — Lindsay Duncan Copy Share
I've always had not just an affection but a real love for the theater family in New York, and I really feel it is… — Lindsay Duncan Copy Share
I'm perfectly gregarious, but I can also be really happy left to my own devices with nobody watching me or listening to me. — Lindsay Duncan Copy Share
I was the suburban kid of Scottish parents, and the idea of an acting career was so beyond my experience. I didn't even know… — Lindsay Duncan Copy Share
Recently I made the mistake of opening a bundle of reviews that someone had sent me of a production from years and years ago,… — Lindsay Duncan Copy Share
I want to have the career that is my choice - what interests me, what doesn't. I feel more and more strongly about that. — Lindsay Duncan Copy Share
I have done some wonderful television, but you know, there's not as much exceptional material as there is in the theatre. So I do… — Lindsay Duncan Copy Share
My background is really being a writer's actor - that seems to be the way I work best, bringing out the best of writing.… — Lindsay Duncan Copy Share
If someone said I had enough money and I could take six months off, I would run in an instant. — Lindsay Duncan Copy Share
I've been listening to a new band called Wolf Alice, courtesy of my son. The vocalist, Ellie Rowsell, has a gorgeous voice. — Lindsay Duncan Copy Share
My parents' generation was definitely pre-telly, and they knew how to entertain each other. Everybody knew something that they could do - a song… — Lindsay Duncan Copy Share
I don't perform well in private. Socially, I mean. And I didn't as a child. Actors aren't necessarily outgoing, are they? — Lindsay Duncan Copy Share
