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Alex Kingston

(1963) Actor

43 quotes in 243 categories

Alex Kingston is an actor.

Quick Facts About Alex Kingston

Born: March 11, 1963
Profession: Actor

About Alex Kingston

[Wikidata] British actress... | [Wikipedia] Alexandra Elizabeth Kingston is an English actress. Active from the early 1980s, Kingston became noted for her television work in both Britain and the US in the 1990s, including her regular role as Dr. Elizabeth Corday in the NBC medical drama ER (1997–2004) and her title role in the ITV miniseries

Quotes by Alex Kingston

I think I'm an extremely good mother. I know I'm an extremely good mother. But I didn't realise how much it sucks…

Good

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I don't think my looks are modern. I always imagined I'd end up doing Chekhov, Ibsen and Shakespeare all my life and…

Character

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I'm actually very vulnerable and sensitive.

Actually

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I enjoyed my schooldays, but I thought, 'I've got to get through it, and then my life can start.'

Life

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Most Americans don't even know that Minnie Driver is English or that Catherine Zeta Jones is Welsh, but people are reminded every…

British

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I have a computer and an iPad, but I have no interest in Twitter.

Computer

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I went through about 13 rounds of IVF before I got pregnant with Salome; it was very tough.

About

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About California... "I thought it was an appalling place. Then I went through a period of being amused by it. Now it's…

Alex

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Cleopatra is one of the roles that I would love to do!

Love

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It's wrong for women to be constantly shy and embarrassed about their bodies. There are so many images of unattainable beauty that…

Beauty

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Children's programming in America, I think it's pretty shoddy in terms of lack of diversity. It's pretty much cartoons and Disney sort…

America

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The truth is, I'm not a coper. I hate stress. I might appear calm externally but internally it's all going on.

Calm

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Californians don't have that marvelous British cynicism, but then the British can be so patronizing at times.

British

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For premieres, you get designers offering to dress you for the evening, which is nice.

Dress

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I will always wear what I want and have some fun doing it. I'm not afraid to take risks with my appearance.…

Always

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Social media worries me because it's not part of my world.

Me

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Interviews usually upset me in one way or another.

Another

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I didn't have any qualms. I'm used to taking my clothes off in front of strangers. I've done it since I was…

Adult education

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To be honest, 'Doctor Who' fans are a mixture of crazies plus solid citizens, but they're relentless.

Doctor

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In England, there just isn't that fascism of beauty and physicality or whatever. You don't have to look like a gym bunny,…

Beauty

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I think a lot of actors need validation. If you see truly amazing actors perform, they expose themselves to such an incredible…

Actors

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In America, people come up and to me, and I keep thinking they're going to say, 'Oh, I loved you on 'ER.''…

America

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One of my sisters is physically and mentally handicapped. She took a lot of my parents' attention, so I grew up in…

Attention

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About California... "I thought it was an appalling place. Then I went through a period of being amused by it. Now it`s…

Alex

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Given the amount of work and time my mum devoted to my sister, it left me a lot of time to play…

Childhood

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