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> [On the street where I lived, they almost didn't know the word 'university,' and my mother was simply appalled when it was suggested to her that I was to go to a drama college.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-atkins/on-the-street-where-i-lived-they-almost-didn-t-know-the-word/)

[Eileen Atkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-atkins/)

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## More by Eileen Atkins

> [My looks were good enough for what I needed in every possible way but not so much to be a burden.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-atkins/my-looks-were-good-enough-for-what-i-needed-in-every-possible-way-but/)

[Eileen Atkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-atkins/)

> [I think most British people who say they can do an American accent are so bad at it. I find it excruciating. I find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-atkins/i-think-most-british-people-who-say-they-can-do-an-american-accent/)

[Eileen Atkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-atkins/)

> [I have never been able to bear people who are obsessed with beauty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-atkins/i-have-never-been-able-to-bear-people-who-are-obsessed-with-beauty/)

[Eileen Atkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-atkins/)

> [One of the things I love about Helena Bonham Carter is that she is ravishing, but she does as much as she can to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-atkins/one-of-the-things-i-love-about-helena-bonham-carter-is-that-she-is/)

[Eileen Atkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-atkins/)

> [I hate tight, tight stuff showing every line. I want to be sick when people are in Lycra.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-atkins/i-hate-tight-tight-stuff-showing-every-line-i-want-to-be-sick-when/)

[Eileen Atkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-atkins/)

> [My parents felt so uncomfortable coming to the kind of theater I was in; they had nothing to say about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-atkins/my-parents-felt-so-uncomfortable-coming-to-the-kind-of-theater-i-was/)

[Eileen Atkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-atkins/)

> [Wheels come off? Get on with it. Cope. Survive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-atkins/wheels-come-off-get-on-with-it-cope-survive/)

[Eileen Atkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-atkins/)

> [I believe I was put on this planet to act, and it's given me huge fulfilment. I feel I've realised my destiny, and I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-atkins/i-believe-i-was-put-on-this-planet-to-act-and-it-s-given-me-huge/)

[Eileen Atkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-atkins/)

> [I don't believe in remaking television series. I should never have agreed to reviving 'Upstairs Downstairs' because my heart wasn't in it, but part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-atkins/i-don-t-believe-in-remaking-television-series-i-should-never-have/)

[Eileen Atkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-atkins/)

> [Film was something I didn't really think about when I was young, because if you looked like me, you weren't a film star.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-atkins/film-was-something-i-didn-t-really-think-about-when-i-was-young/)

[Eileen Atkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-atkins/)

> [I imagine I'll retire mid-performance. I'll say, 'Sorry, everyone, I can't do this anymore. I must have suddenly aged.' Then I'll walk off. Yes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-atkins/i-imagine-i-ll-retire-mid-performance-i-ll-say-sorry-everyone-i-can-t/)

[Eileen Atkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-atkins/)

> [I'm told I am over-choosy, and I shocked everybody by doing Jeffrey Archer. I did that to annoy everybody; sometimes, between Medea and Virginia…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-atkins/i-m-told-i-am-over-choosy-and-i-shocked-everybody-by-doing-jeffrey/)

[Eileen Atkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-atkins/)

> [It's extraordinary to hear waves of laughter after you've been playing something, night after night, to nothing. That's why I'm still hooked on acting:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-atkins/it-s-extraordinary-to-hear-waves-of-laughter-after-you-ve-been/)

[Eileen Atkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-atkins/)

> [When I think of all the Hamlets I've seen, there's been a load of different styles, some marvellous. You like the Hamlet you saw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-atkins/when-i-think-of-all-the-hamlets-i-ve-seen-there-s-been-a-load-of/)

[Eileen Atkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-atkins/)

> [On the street where I lived, they almost didn't know the word 'university,' and my mother was simply appalled when it was suggested to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-atkins/on-the-street-where-i-lived-they-almost-didn-t-know-the-word/)

[Eileen Atkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-atkins/)

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