Even Dickens, who did write about servants, made them almost cartoonish, so we concentrated on them, and we had various scenarios, synopses, and then we realized you can't only have downstairs people. There's a gap. You have to have who… — Jean Marsh Copy Share Image
We'd been watching something full of rich people, rich food, beautiful clothes and we had chips on our shoulders, I suppose. And we thought, who did all this work? Who cooked? Who washed up? All those things we put together… — Jean Marsh Copy Share Image
It feels fantastic, I never thought I would get anything, I've won awards and things but I never thought I would get an OBE… — Jean Marsh Copy Share Image
I have friends who live in sweet places in Islington but I have a morbid fear of going back, even though they are very… — Jean Marsh Copy Share Image
Well, I very rarely watch classical adaptations, because they usually do very good books, and a lot of the things they do... I just… — Jean Marsh Copy Share Image
I think observers, like me, sometimes know more about a place than the people who have lived there all their lives. People are always… — Jean Marsh Copy Share Image
What makes French and Italian films wonderful is they make them for themselves; they are not made with us in mind at all. — Jean Marsh Copy Share Image
I like Bill Blass very much, but I'm not so rich that I can afford to buy his clothes. — Jean Marsh Copy Share Image
When I'm out shopping, I look at somebody who's buying something or sitting down, and I look at him and think: 'Mmmm,' however old… — Jean Marsh Copy Share Image
In America, I worked for an artist who drew people in clothes, mainly for Bloomingdale's. I did it part-time when I wasn't working as… — Jean Marsh Copy Share Image
It was amazing. I had had a stroke and a heart attack but I knew I'd be all right. I think it's because I'm… — Jean Marsh Copy Share Image
