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> [I got my first film break because the director Karel Reisz saw me at a small theater party.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-redgrave/i-got-my-first-film-break-because-the-director-karel-reisz-saw-me-at/)

[Vanessa Redgrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-redgrave/)

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## More by Vanessa Redgrave

> [An awful lot of filmmaking and playmaking is taken over by marketers and publicists, who set about to tell people what to think. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-redgrave/an-awful-lot-of-filmmaking-and-playmaking-is-taken-over-by-marketers/)

[Vanessa Redgrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-redgrave/)

> [Theater and poetry were what helped people stay alive and want to go on living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-redgrave/theater-and-poetry-were-what-helped-people-stay-alive-and-want-to-go/)

[Vanessa Redgrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-redgrave/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-redgrave/i-thought-my-story-my-experiences-as-a-2-year-old-evacuee-from-london/)

[Vanessa Redgrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-redgrave/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-redgrave/principles-aren-t-something-you-hear-much-from-politicians-these-days/)

[Vanessa Redgrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-redgrave/)

> [Shakespeare lets us see real people undergoing real processes, with real feelings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-redgrave/shakespeare-lets-us-see-real-people-undergoing-real-processes-with/)

[Vanessa Redgrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-redgrave/)

> [The stage is actor's country. You have to get your passport stamped every so often or they take away your citizenship.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-redgrave/the-stage-is-actor-s-country-you-have-to-get-your-passport-stamped/)

[Vanessa Redgrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-redgrave/)

> [Ask the right questions if you're to find the right answers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-redgrave/ask-the-right-questions-if-you-re-to-find-the-right-answers/)

[Vanessa Redgrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-redgrave/)

> [Ask the right questions if you're going to find the right answers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-redgrave/ask-the-right-questions-if-you-re-going-to-find-the-right-answers/)

[Vanessa Redgrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-redgrave/)

> [I think the theatre is as essential to civilization as safe, pure water.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-redgrave/i-think-the-theatre-is-as-essential-to-civilization-as-safe-pure-water/)

[Vanessa Redgrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-redgrave/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-redgrave/we-are-child-bearers-primarily-and-we-are-the-weaker-sex-and-once-we/)

[Vanessa Redgrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-redgrave/)

> [I give myself to my parts as to a lover.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-redgrave/i-give-myself-to-my-parts-as-to-a-lover/)

[Vanessa Redgrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-redgrave/)

> [The notion of 'building a career' had never been heard or dreamed of when I was young.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-redgrave/the-notion-of-building-a-career-had-never-been-heard-or-dreamed-of/)

[Vanessa Redgrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-redgrave/)

> [I've identified all my life with refugees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-redgrave/i-ve-identified-all-my-life-with-refugees/)

[Vanessa Redgrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-redgrave/)

> [I got my first film break because the director Karel Reisz saw me at a small theater party.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-redgrave/i-got-my-first-film-break-because-the-director-karel-reisz-saw-me-at/)

[Vanessa Redgrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-redgrave/)

> [A deeper truth the camera can see can be more surprising than even the director imagined it could be. That's a wonderful thing that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-redgrave/a-deeper-truth-the-camera-can-see-can-be-more-surprising-than-even/)

[Vanessa Redgrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-redgrave/)

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