[On being asked, 'Did you ever say that an actress needs to be able to laugh and to cry and that when you need to laugh you think of your sex life and when you need to cry you think… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
It would be nice if education was free to everyone who wanted it, but that's not the world we live in. — Glenda Jackson Copy Share
I'm the world's worst bearer of grudges. I'm sure I'll be bearing grudges and paying off old scores on my death-bed. — Glenda Jackson Copy Share
No, I didn't think of myself as an idealist. I consider myself as a believer in what I regard as the Labour Party's basic… — Glenda Jackson Copy Share
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