My mother kept all my awards on the sideboard of her front room, and she polished them. She polished everything religiously. And it doesn't take long for the very thin layer of gold to disappear and the base metal underneath… — Glenda Jackson Copy Share Image
Everything I had been taught to regard as a vice - and I still regard them as vices - under Thatcherism was in fact a virtue: Greed, selfishness, no care for the weaker, sharp elbows, sharp knees. — Glenda Jackson Copy Share Image
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. — Glenda Jackson Copy Share Image
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.… — Glenda Jackson Copy Share Image
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… — Glenda Jackson Copy Share Image
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… — Glenda Jackson Copy Share Image
The best teacher is an audience. The ideal performance is when that group of strangers sitting in the dark gets energy from the group… — Glenda Jackson Copy Share Image
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. — Glenda Jackson Copy Share Image
