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title: "1 Marriage Friendship Quotes By Geraldine James"
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> [The secret to a happy marriage is friendship and laughter. There's no alternative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-james/the-secret-to-a-happy-marriage-is-friendship-and-laughter-there-s-no/)

[Geraldine James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-james/)

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## More by Geraldine James

> [I went to a posh school but I'm not a posh person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-james/i-went-to-a-posh-school-but-i-m-not-a-posh-person/)

[Geraldine James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-james/)

> [We can't all play Marie Antoinette all of the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-james/we-can-t-all-play-marie-antoinette-all-of-the-time/)

[Geraldine James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-james/)

> [I don't suffer depression because I don't worry about what's past. But anxiety is about the future and I do worry about that. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-james/i-don-t-suffer-depression-because-i-don-t-worry-about-what-s-past-but/)

[Geraldine James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-james/)

> [Jo and I tried for a second baby, but it didn't happen. The doctors - silly idiots - didn't take the problem seriously and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-james/jo-and-i-tried-for-a-second-baby-but-it-didn-t-happen-the-doctors/)

[Geraldine James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-james/)

> [I've become much fitter as I've got older, funnily enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-james/i-ve-become-much-fitter-as-i-ve-got-older-funnily-enough/)

[Geraldine James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-james/)

> [My daughter always came first and I got used to my agent saying, when I turned down this or that project because of her,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-james/my-daughter-always-came-first-and-i-got-used-to-my-agent-saying-when/)

[Geraldine James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-james/)

> [I think French hotels are generally pretty awful - lumpy beds, often not terribly clean and just uncomfortable - but usually the food is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-james/i-think-french-hotels-are-generally-pretty-awful-lumpy-beds-often-not/)

[Geraldine James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-james/)

> [I knew nothing about India before 'Gandhi.' It seemed quite sort of frightening the place where hippies used to go in the '60s.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-james/i-knew-nothing-about-india-before-gandhi-it-seemed-quite-sort-of/)

[Geraldine James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-james/)

> [Because British actors hold Shakespeare in such great reverence, we tend to go for the word, which tends to make things very intellectual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-james/because-british-actors-hold-shakespeare-in-such-great-reverence-we/)

[Geraldine James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-james/)

> [My mother was an alcoholic, in and out of hospital my entire childhood. My father, a doctor, divorced her when I was 14. My…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-james/my-mother-was-an-alcoholic-in-and-out-of-hospital-my-entire-childhood/)

[Geraldine James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-james/)

> [Very early on there were the girls who were good at singing, at the arts, or mathematics or languages, and I wasn't good at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-james/very-early-on-there-were-the-girls-who-were-good-at-singing-at-the/)

[Geraldine James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-james/)

> [That's what I enjoy: the ensemble, being in a company, being part of something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-james/that-s-what-i-enjoy-the-ensemble-being-in-a-company-being-part-of/)

[Geraldine James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-james/)

> [Band Of Gold' nearly did me in. We had 16 weeks of night shoots and I was never getting home to London and my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-james/band-of-gold-nearly-did-me-in-we-had-16-weeks-of-night-shoots-and-i/)

[Geraldine James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-james/)

> [They are brought up to be the providers, the tough guys at the top of the family. The attitude is: 'Don't make me feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-james/they-are-brought-up-to-be-the-providers-the-tough-guys-at-the-top-of/)

[Geraldine James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-james/)

> [At around 45, when I was being offered the same old boring TV parts. So I went back to the theatre.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-james/at-around-45-when-i-was-being-offered-the-same-old-boring-tv-parts-so/)

[Geraldine James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-james/)

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