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# Antonia Quirke

Film Critic

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Antonia Quirke is a film critic.

## Quick Facts About Antonia Quirke

Profession Film Critic

## About Antonia Quirke

British film critic... \| Antonia Quirke is a British film critic. As well as writing on film for the Financial Times and a weekly column for the New Statesman, she has presented regularly on The Film Programme, Pick of the Week, BBC Radio 4, as well as Film... and The One Show on BBC One.

##  Quotes by Antonia Quirke

> [“Watching movies simply is a promiscuous experience. The voracity it breeds! That quantity of quiddity compressed and quickened and sent at you!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonia-quirke/watching-movies-simply-is-a-promiscuous-experience-the-voracity-it/)

Antonia Quirke

[Favourites](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/favourites/)

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> [“Madame Bovary, c'est moi. Emma Bovary. She was the first. The first to thrash around in the space between a packaged wonder…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonia-quirke/madame-bovary-c-est-moi-emma-bovary-she-was-the-first-the-first-to/)

Antonia Quirke

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/168/antonia-quirke-83581_emma-bovary_madame-bovary-c-est-moi-emma-bovary-she_1999184.jpg)

> [“Life's a struggle against acting, which claims more lives than all the other drugs of the world put together.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonia-quirke/life-s-a-struggle-against-acting-which-claims-more-lives-than-all-the/)

Antonia Quirke

[Acting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acting/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/320/antonia-quirke-83581_acting_life-s-a-struggle-against-acting-which-c_3214462.jpg)

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