Actors are always being asked to speak. Sometimes there is a well-honed script, often there is not. But we are well-practised in… — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
In drama we are taught to view both sides equally. With empathy. That's how you play 'Richard the Third.' By walking in… — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
I have actor's dreams where I am opening a play and know neither the lines nor the story. — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
Acting requires absorption, but not self-absorption and, in the actor's mind, the question must always be 'Why am I doing this?,' not… — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
The film industry has eaten up the TV writers. And TV, which always used to steal from theatre - now it's taking… — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
I do have opinions. Fortunately, I neither Twitter nor Facebook. My daughter forbids me to go on social media. — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
A tortoise is, I suppose, a Jewish pet. It knows its place. Out on the lawn. It doesn't bark. It doesn't tear the Dralon. — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
Dad was hopeless with money, even though he ran a business. We lived in a small terrace house and I vividly remember going into… — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
I've often unwittingly done the wrong thing; most things you mess up in life you do through nerves. — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
My mother, Zelma, was an influence on my career. When I was six or seven I started singing, imitating people like Eartha Kitt, and… — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
I'm full of ideas and general crackling chemistry and I can read the 'score' of a comedy as though it's a musical score. — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
My whole family was very funny, each in their own way, and you had to be quick to get a word in. — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
I'm not looking at anyone on television and thinking: why do I never get those parts? — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
Though Maggie Smith and Judi Dench have done all right, there's not a lot of drama work out there for older actresses. And you… — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
Let's teach our daughters, and our sons I suppose: it is possible to say 'no' without rancour, without anger, without emotion. — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
