My granny was very concerned that we weren't baptised - Mum had been desperate to escape her own Catholic upbringing. But Granny thought we were blighted. Whenever we turned up at her house, she would flick holy water - from… — Natascha McElhone Copy Share Image
My grandparents never understood why my mother Noreen chose such exotic names for her children: Damon and me. My granny insisted on calling my brother Dermot - a good Irish name - until she died; I was just known as… — Natascha McElhone Copy Share Image
I have wanted to act since I was three and that is what I hunger for. I want to play roles that are as… — Natascha Mcelhone Copy Share Image
If someone approaches me in the street, I'm on the defensive. Some actors are like flowers basking in the sun, they love the attention,… — Natascha Mcelhone Copy Share Image
I always think I love work, and I knew early on that I wanted to be an actress. Then I meet people who have… — Natascha McElhone Copy Share Image
I first met my husband when I was 15. He was very cool, in a band, all that kind of thing, but he took… — Natascha McElhone Copy Share Image
I was brought up by a Marxist rationalist stepfather, so I don't believe in the supernatural or religion or horoscopes, and the absolute nature… — Natascha McElhone Copy Share Image
I think the difference between finding happiness, or moments of happiness, is how you choose to interpret things. That's a rather shocking responsibility. That… — Natascha McElhone Copy Share Image
Growing up, I wasn't allowed dolls, and my brothers weren't allowed guns. I inherited my brothers' clothes. I was never dressed in pink, and… — Natascha McElhone Copy Share Image
Mum left school at 15, and after a few years of modelling and dating jazz musicians, was married by 21 to my father, Mike… — Natascha McElhone Copy Share Image
Living with very limited expectations is a much more immediate way of living. You really do just make the best of everything you have.… — Natascha McElhone Copy Share Image
I play Nitin Sawhney's 'Letting Go' repeatedly, nonstop. I find it transformative. I'm so glad iPods were invented so I didn't have to drive… — Natascha McElhone Copy Share Image
