It's extraordinary to hear waves of laughter after you've been playing something, night after night, to nothing. That's why I'm still hooked on acting: the terror of the possibility of things going wrong, the thrill when they go right, and… — Eileen Atkins Copy Share Image
My very first memory of being alive is being tossed in the air by my father and laughing and knowing, really knowing, that his was absolute joy. — Eileen Atkins Copy Share Image
My looks were good enough for what I needed in every possible way but not so much to be a burden. — Eileen Atkins Copy Share Image
I think most British people who say they can do an American accent are so bad at it. I find it excruciating. I find… — Eileen Atkins Copy Share Image
One of the things I love about Helena Bonham Carter is that she is ravishing, but she does as much as she can to… — Eileen Atkins Copy Share Image
I hate tight, tight stuff showing every line. I want to be sick when people are in Lycra. — Eileen Atkins Copy Share Image
My parents felt so uncomfortable coming to the kind of theater I was in; they had nothing to say about it. — Eileen Atkins Copy Share Image
I believe I was put on this planet to act, and it's given me huge fulfilment. I feel I've realised my destiny, and I've… — Eileen Atkins Copy Share Image
I don't believe in remaking television series. I should never have agreed to reviving 'Upstairs Downstairs' because my heart wasn't in it, but part… — Eileen Atkins Copy Share Image
Film was something I didn't really think about when I was young, because if you looked like me, you weren't a film star. — Eileen Atkins Copy Share Image
I imagine I'll retire mid-performance. I'll say, 'Sorry, everyone, I can't do this anymore. I must have suddenly aged.' Then I'll walk off. Yes,… — Eileen Atkins Copy Share Image
I'm told I am over-choosy, and I shocked everybody by doing Jeffrey Archer. I did that to annoy everybody; sometimes, between Medea and Virginia… — Eileen Atkins Copy Share Image
