At around 45, when I was being offered the same old boring TV parts. So I went back to the theatre. — Geraldine James Copy Share Image
I don't like doing what I've already done. But there's a lot of different kinds of characters that I'd like to play.… — Geraldine James Copy Share Image
One minute I'm on stage in London, the next Hollywood, swanning around with Daniel Craig in a golf buggy. — Geraldine James Copy Share Image
I enjoy fringe theatre because you get a real sense of collaboration with the audience which you often don't get in the… — Geraldine James Copy Share Image
My advice to young actors is very simple: don't forget to have children. When you get caught up in your career, it's… — Geraldine James Copy Share Image
When I left drama school I worked in children's theatre for six months, then went up to the Gateway to do my… — Geraldine James Copy Share Image
I had difficulties getting into telly, because people say that if you've been in the theatre you'll shout, but then I did… — Geraldine James Copy Share Image
I'm not one of those actors who can complain that work's thinned out since I've got older. — 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