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> [When I was feeding myself by being a professional actress, I never got a good notice in the 'Evening Standard.' And when I changed direction and became a Labour MP, I was the wrong political party for the 'Evening Standard.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenda-jackson/when-i-was-feeding-myself-by-being-a-professional-actress-i-never-got/)

[Glenda Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenda-jackson/)

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## More by Glenda Jackson

> [I studiously avoid any academic dissections of the play and any kind of previous experience of playing. For me, it's all in the play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenda-jackson/i-studiously-avoid-any-academic-dissections-of-the-play-and-any-kind/)

[Glenda Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenda-jackson/)

> [I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenda-jackson/i-look-forward-to-growing-old-and-wise-and-audacious/)

[Glenda Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenda-jackson/)

> [You don't do a play to compete for an award. This was the argument I always had over the Oscars. I didn't win them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenda-jackson/you-don-t-do-a-play-to-compete-for-an-award-this-was-the-argument-i/)

[Glenda Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenda-jackson/)

> [Nobody really needs a mink coat... Except the mink.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenda-jackson/nobody-really-needs-a-mink-coat-except-the-mink/)

[Glenda Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenda-jackson/)

> [Why put make-up on when you only have to take it off again?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenda-jackson/why-put-make-up-on-when-you-only-have-to-take-it-off-again/)

[Glenda Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenda-jackson/)

> [You'd think is something one would grow out of. But you grow into it. The more you do, the more you realize how painfully…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenda-jackson/you-d-think-is-something-one-would-grow-out-of-but-you-grow-into-it/)

[Glenda Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenda-jackson/)

> [My job is to see the world through the character's eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenda-jackson/my-job-is-to-see-the-world-through-the-character-s-eyes/)

[Glenda Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenda-jackson/)

> [No, I'm not recognized in London. What would people recognize?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenda-jackson/no-i-m-not-recognized-in-london-what-would-people-recognize/)

[Glenda Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenda-jackson/)

> [I'm less confident now than I've ever been. In this peculiar craft, confidence is something you spend a lifetime losing. I used to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenda-jackson/i-m-less-confident-now-than-i-ve-ever-been-in-this-peculiar-craft/)

[Glenda Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenda-jackson/)

> [The best teacher is an audience. The ideal performance is when that group of strangers sitting in the dark gets energy from the group…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenda-jackson/the-best-teacher-is-an-audience-the-ideal-performance-is-when-that/)

[Glenda Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenda-jackson/)

> [Usually, if there is a woman's part in a piece, there's only one, so you've got no other actresses to work with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenda-jackson/usually-if-there-is-a-woman-s-part-in-a-piece-there-s-only-one-so-you/)

[Glenda Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenda-jackson/)

> [I told them I wouldn't sign a blank cheque.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenda-jackson/i-told-them-i-wouldn-t-sign-a-blank-cheque/)

[Glenda Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenda-jackson/)

> [It would be nice if education was free to everyone who wanted it, but that's not the world we live in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenda-jackson/it-would-be-nice-if-education-was-free-to-everyone-who-wanted-it-but/)

[Glenda Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenda-jackson/)

> [I'm the world's worst bearer of grudges. I'm sure I'll be bearing grudges and paying off old scores on my death-bed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenda-jackson/i-m-the-world-s-worst-bearer-of-grudges-i-m-sure-i-ll-be-bearing/)

[Glenda Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenda-jackson/)

> [No, I didn't think of myself as an idealist. I consider myself as a believer in what I regard as the Labour Party's basic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenda-jackson/no-i-didn-t-think-of-myself-as-an-idealist-i-consider-myself-as-a/)

[Glenda Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenda-jackson/)

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