My mother was an alcoholic, in and out of hospital my entire childhood. My father, a doctor, divorced her when I was… — Geraldine James Copy Share Image
I remember getting out of bed at night and sitting on the stairs listening to my parents arguing and wishing I had… — Geraldine James Copy Share Image
When my parents were going, 'Oh God, are you going to be an actress?' I decided I'd give it my best shot… — Geraldine James Copy Share Image
As a woman, sadly, you go from the girl to the love interest to the wife to the mistress to the mother… — Geraldine James Copy Share Image
I've done a few jobs where there's a daughter, there's often a father who's positive and then there's a quite negative mother.… — Geraldine James Copy Share Image
You have to take knocks as an actor, and my parents definitely gave me fight. I'm very driven, like my father, who… — Geraldine James Copy Share Image
My parents were stuck in the idea of what a marriage should be, and they divorced. So I've tried to take the… — Geraldine James Copy Share Image
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… — Geraldine James Copy Share Image
Jo and I tried for a second baby, but it didn't happen. The doctors - silly idiots - didn't take the problem seriously and… — Geraldine James Copy Share Image
My daughter always came first and I got used to my agent saying, when I turned down this or that project because of her,… — Geraldine James Copy Share Image
I think French hotels are generally pretty awful - lumpy beds, often not terribly clean and just uncomfortable - but usually the food is… — Geraldine James Copy Share Image
I knew nothing about India before 'Gandhi.' It seemed quite sort of frightening the place where hippies used to go in the '60s. — Geraldine James Copy Share Image
Because British actors hold Shakespeare in such great reverence, we tend to go for the word, which tends to make things very intellectual. — Geraldine James Copy Share Image
My mother was an alcoholic, in and out of hospital my entire childhood. My father, a doctor, divorced her when I was 14. My… — Geraldine James Copy Share Image
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… — Geraldine James Copy Share Image
That's what I enjoy: the ensemble, being in a company, being part of something. — Geraldine James Copy Share Image
