Anne Reid

Wouldn't it be lovely if there were no such things as birth certificates? If I really thought I was 53, life would…

— Anne Reid

I now do my own cabaret act, singing and telling stories about my life.

— Anne Reid

I did a play in Bolton - 'Billy Liar.' I turned it down at first but then thought, 'What the hell else…

— Anne Reid

The British tend to be uptight; they shy away from being tactile.

— Anne Reid

I should be in an old people's home now, counting the roses in the wallpaper. It's a good life, isn't it?

— Anne Reid

I'm not homophobic. I mean, who cares? You know the state of the world, and you're only here for about 70, 80,…

— Anne Reid

I never thought of getting married again. I'm quite difficult to live with, I think.

— Anne Reid

My father was full of tales. He said his family were ministers in the Church of Scotland, or they were lawyers.

— Anne Reid

My first big disappointment is always, why don't I look like Julie Christie? Then I realise I don't look remotely like Julie…

— Anne Reid

I'm terribly happy at the moment - someone up there must be looking out for me.

— Anne Reid

I don't think I've ever been lonely in my entire life. I love to shut my front door and be on my…

— Anne Reid

My father fought in the war, and then he was posted all 'round the world with his job. So I didn't know…

— Anne Reid

Camila Batmanghelidjh of Kids Company - what a wonderful woman.

— Anne Reid

I'm not really emotionally dependant on anybody except my son, my daughter-in-law, and my grandchildren. But a partner... I haven't felt like…

— Anne Reid

I tell myself things will be different in a few years' time, but this is the most wonderful, golden time for me.…

— Anne Reid

Your confidence is destroyed when you find out you can't trust people.

— Anne Reid

My parents were adorable. They were very kind, and very broad-minded compared to people of their generation.

— Anne Reid

I get very spiky if people treat me like an old lady.

— Anne Reid

I'd make every weapon on the planet unusable. Every bomb. Every gun.

— Anne Reid

I've accepted stuff even if it's a few lines, because I think it's better to be seen.

— Anne Reid

If someone, a director, tries to tell me the way to do something, I'm not good at adapting. I need time to…

— Anne Reid

My teacher at RADA said I was going to have trouble when I left because I wasn't an obvious juvenile lead, although…

— Anne Reid

What I really want is an Oscar.

— Anne Reid

I don't ever think of myself as coming from a particular class because my father was working class but made his living…

— Anne Reid

You don't feel old when you get old.

— Anne Reid