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> [I think I'm a better actress for having friends and interests outside the theatre. I wouldn't want to live my life surrounded by other actors all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-keith/i-think-i-m-a-better-actress-for-having-friends-and-interests-outside/)

[Penelope Keith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-keith/)

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## More by Penelope Keith

> [So often actors only mix with actors, which is quite incestuous, and doesn't give them the insight into how other people work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-keith/so-often-actors-only-mix-with-actors-which-is-quite-incestuous-and/)

[Penelope Keith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-keith/)

> [Language is my bugbear. Everyone says things now like 'I was sat' instead of 'I was sitting', which just sounds so ugly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-keith/language-is-my-bugbear-everyone-says-things-now-like-i-was-sat/)

[Penelope Keith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-keith/)

> [We have this wonderful language and we don't appreciate it. That's old-fashioned me, but when I went to school, everyone had elocution lessons, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-keith/we-have-this-wonderful-language-and-we-don-t-appreciate-it-that-s-old/)

[Penelope Keith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-keith/)

> [I'm a bit of a Scotophile. I have a house on the Black Isle, so I'm in Scotland quite a lot and think Edinburgh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-keith/i-m-a-bit-of-a-scotophile-i-have-a-house-on-the-black-isle-so-i-m-in/)

[Penelope Keith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-keith/)

> [I'm sure that is a reason why young people occasionally bash up old people - because the ages don't mix any more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-keith/i-m-sure-that-is-a-reason-why-young-people-occasionally-bash-up-old/)

[Penelope Keith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-keith/)

> [We always had chocolates and my mother was careful to make sure they were unwrapped in advance so the paper wouldn't rustle in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-keith/we-always-had-chocolates-and-my-mother-was-careful-to-make-sure-they/)

[Penelope Keith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-keith/)

> [I'm a realist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-keith/i-m-a-realist/)

[Penelope Keith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-keith/)

> [I'm not against accents - my husband's from Lancashire and has a rural Lancs accent. We've just got back from Scotland yesterday, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-keith/i-m-not-against-accents-my-husband-s-from-lancashire-and-has-a-rural/)

[Penelope Keith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-keith/)

> [The character I play in Star Quality says acting is the be-all and end-all of her life. I'm not like that. I do enjoy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-keith/the-character-i-play-in-star-quality-says-acting-is-the-be-all-and/)

[Penelope Keith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-keith/)

> [With a play, you do it and it's gone. Films always date. Television drama always dates. Television comedy, for some reason, seems to go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-keith/with-a-play-you-do-it-and-it-s-gone-films-always-date-television/)

[Penelope Keith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-keith/)

> [I think I'm a better actress for having friends and interests outside the theatre. I wouldn't want to live my life surrounded by other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-keith/i-think-i-m-a-better-actress-for-having-friends-and-interests-outside/)

[Penelope Keith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-keith/)

> [A lot of people have it - that fantasy of being lord or lady of the manor, either in the present or at some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-keith/a-lot-of-people-have-it-that-fantasy-of-being-lord-or-lady-of-the/)

[Penelope Keith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-keith/)

> [I don't think actors ever retire, they just stop being asked to work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-keith/i-don-t-think-actors-ever-retire-they-just-stop-being-asked-to-work/)

[Penelope Keith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-keith/)

> [In my book, all manners are is thinking of somebody else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-keith/in-my-book-all-manners-are-is-thinking-of-somebody-else/)

[Penelope Keith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-keith/)

> [In this great age of communication, there a lot of people you can't actually understand. I know everyone tweets, and twits and texts and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-keith/in-this-great-age-of-communication-there-a-lot-of-people-you-can-t/)

[Penelope Keith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-keith/)

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