The great writers like Chekhov know that tragedy and laughter are just a few steps from each other ... but it took me a long time as an actress to learn that. Actually Arthur Miller taught me in the Seventies.… — Vanessa Redgrave Copy Share Image
What I didn't understand was that the personal and the political go together. I felt at the time I had to sacrifice my children's present for their future. It seemed an either/or. I didn't realise that by being with one's… — Vanessa Redgrave Copy Share Image
An awful lot of filmmaking and playmaking is taken over by marketers and publicists, who set about to tell people what to think. And… — Vanessa Redgrave Copy Share Image
Theater and poetry were what helped people stay alive and want to go on living. — Vanessa Redgrave Copy Share Image
I thought my story, my experiences as a 2-year-old 'evacuee' from London at the outset of the war, could be important. What happened to… — Vanessa Redgrave Copy Share Image
Principles aren't something you hear much from politicians these days. Have you noticed? Right across the board, leaders, whatever the political coloring, avoid talking… — Vanessa Redgrave Copy Share Image
Shakespeare lets us see real people undergoing real processes, with real feelings — Vanessa Redgrave Copy Share Image
The stage is actor's country. You have to get your passport stamped every so often or they take away your citizenship. — Vanessa Redgrave Copy Share Image
Ask the right questions if you're going to find the right answers. — Vanessa Redgrave Copy Share Image
I think the theatre is as essential to civilization as safe, pure water. — Vanessa Redgrave Copy Share Image
We are child-bearers primarily, and we are the weaker sex, and once we've given birth to our children, our life is by necessity bound… — Vanessa Redgrave Copy Share Image
The notion of 'building a career' had never been heard or dreamed of when I was young. — Vanessa Redgrave Copy Share Image
