On one occasion, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jeremy Irons and myself were due to appear at the Sarajevo film festival and were turned off a UN plane on orders from Geneva. We had to get local journalists to transport the films in… — Vanessa Redgrave Copy Share Image
An awful lot of filmmaking and playmaking is taken over by marketers and publicists, who set about to tell people what to think. And… — Vanessa Redgrave Copy Share
Theater and poetry were what helped people stay alive and want to go on living. — Vanessa Redgrave Copy Share
I thought my story, my experiences as a 2-year-old 'evacuee' from London at the outset of the war, could be important. What happened to… — Vanessa Redgrave Copy Share
Principles aren't something you hear much from politicians these days. Have you noticed? Right across the board, leaders, whatever the political coloring, avoid talking… — Vanessa Redgrave Copy Share
Shakespeare lets us see real people undergoing real processes, with real feelings — Vanessa Redgrave Copy Share
The stage is actor's country. You have to get your passport stamped every so often or they take away your citizenship. — Vanessa Redgrave Copy Share
I think the theatre is as essential to civilization as safe, pure water. — Vanessa Redgrave Copy Share
We are child-bearers primarily, and we are the weaker sex, and once we've given birth to our children, our life is by necessity bound… — Vanessa Redgrave Copy Share
The notion of 'building a career' had never been heard or dreamed of when I was young. — Vanessa Redgrave Copy Share
I got my first film break because the director Karel Reisz saw me at a small theater party. — Vanessa Redgrave Copy Share
A deeper truth the camera can see can be more surprising than even the director imagined it could be. That's a wonderful thing that… — Vanessa Redgrave Copy Share
