I always used to say when I was on television that I prefer to be on stage and when on stage I prefer to do television. Typical human condition. — Penelope Keith Copy Share Image
So often actors only mix with actors, which is quite incestuous, and doesn't give them the insight into how other people work. — Penelope Keith Copy Share Image
Language is my bugbear. Everyone says things now like 'I was sat' instead of 'I was sitting', which just sounds so ugly. — Penelope Keith Copy Share Image
We have this wonderful language and we don't appreciate it. That's old-fashioned me, but when I went to school, everyone had elocution lessons, not… — Penelope Keith Copy Share Image
I'm a bit of a Scotophile. I have a house on the Black Isle, so I'm in Scotland quite a lot and think Edinburgh… — Penelope Keith Copy Share Image
I'm sure that is a reason why young people occasionally bash up old people - because the ages don't mix any more. — Penelope Keith Copy Share Image
We always had chocolates and my mother was careful to make sure they were unwrapped in advance so the paper wouldn't rustle in the… — Penelope Keith Copy Share Image
I'm not against accents - my husband's from Lancashire and has a rural Lancs accent. We've just got back from Scotland yesterday, and I… — Penelope Keith Copy Share Image
The character I play in Star Quality says acting is the be-all and end-all of her life. I'm not like that. I do enjoy… — Penelope Keith Copy Share Image
With a play, you do it and it's gone. Films always date. Television drama always dates. Television comedy, for some reason, seems to go… — Penelope Keith Copy Share Image
I think I'm a better actress for having friends and interests outside the theatre. I wouldn't want to live my life surrounded by other… — Penelope Keith Copy Share Image
A lot of people have it - that fantasy of being lord or lady of the manor, either in the present or at some… — Penelope Keith Copy Share Image
