Harriet Walter

Caring less about what people think is a big thing for me.

— Harriet Walter

I'm an oversharer but selective about who I share with.

— Harriet Walter

Acting is what I do with who I am.

— Harriet Walter

My strangest experience was my six words in 'Star Wars.' I've had more fanmail from that than anything I've ever done.

— Harriet Walter

Cleopatra was exhausting to play, but also completely exhilarating. She creates her own energy.

— Harriet Walter

My centre of who I thought I was was never very consciously about being beautiful or attractive - I think I'm one…

— Harriet Walter

The language is always powerful in Shakespeare, but with 'Antony and Cleopatra,' the speeches are so big and muscular and rich -…

— Harriet Walter

I'm not very good at going to sleep, and that's probably my worst problem. I don't need much more than seven and…

— Harriet Walter

Where does an actress go after playing Cleopatra's magnificent death? Why didn't Shakespeare write more - and more powerful - roles for…

— Harriet Walter

I do think that there are certain parts, if you are lucky enough to play them, that are bigger than you, and…

— Harriet Walter

I just like watching people who really are not self-conscious, who aren't aware, because I fear that one could become too self-conscious,…

— Harriet Walter

I think I have a deep-seated fear of being misunderstood. Or being misjudged.

— Harriet Walter

I've found a much better love life in older age.

— Harriet Walter

I'm childish and silly. Most people tease me because I'm a bit daft.

— Harriet Walter

Luckily, each generation brings forth great writers, actors, directors, and designers.

— Harriet Walter

When I was really young, I wanted to be a fishmonger's wife.

— Harriet Walter

I've one of those brains that doesn't quieten down.

— Harriet Walter

Love is different at different stages of your life.

— Harriet Walter

I vote, but I don't feel that I'm achieving much when I do.

— Harriet Walter

Romance is about investing in the future - with older people, there is less time for happy ever after.

— Harriet Walter

As I have got older, I have become easier on myself. It's about realising things can't be perfect.

— Harriet Walter

I lived with my mother all my life until she died, and I don't really think I knew her, because I was…

— Harriet Walter

I've done a lot of Shakespeare over the years. You start to realise how the plays fit together; he's always using pieces…

— Harriet Walter

Male playwrights, on the whole, are probably more interested in male characters. They need women characters to be the women in their…

— Harriet Walter

I was not emotionally mature enough to accept any kind of success when I was young. I needed to go that long…

— Harriet Walter

I yearn to make a really good, intelligent movie before I die: I don't completely rule out the possibility, but in Hollywood,…

— Harriet Walter

I've been taking lessons in Damehood from Judi Dench. Being a Dame is useful in restaurants, hotels, and restaurants, Judi says, but…

— Harriet Walter

“When you are starting to fall in love with someone you want to know everything there is to know about them; you…

— Harriet Walter

I came up almost completely through the subsidised theatre. I have never been absolutely at the market interface, where I've got to…

— Harriet Walter

I've been blessed with pretty strong stamina and healthy genes, so I'd call myself sensible. I've had regular mammograms ever since I…

— Harriet Walter

You need to distinguish between getting something off your chest that won't help anyone else or saying something because you know you…

— Harriet Walter

I'm very aware that after you've played Cleopatra, there's not a lot that can top that in this sphere, so it means…

— Harriet Walter

Some people are instantly brilliant. The Kenneth Branaghs of this world are ready-formed actors at 23 - he has used his success…

— Harriet Walter

I'm no longer the young woman I was playing before, and I'm in a profession where that continuum that is me is…

— Harriet Walter

I decided I was going to play Cleopatra as someone with a brain. She's kept Egypt, this tiny country, in a balance…

— Harriet Walter

Work has been the central column for most of my life; it has always been my identity.

— Harriet Walter

I've witnessed the survival of the theatre several times when it was meant to be dying.

— Harriet Walter

As long as I am still interested and curious, I enjoy getting up in the morning, but I can't say I have…

— Harriet Walter

I read, I gossip, I do crosswords. I think chatting with friends is relaxing. I've picked them up all through my life…

— Harriet Walter