Geraldine James

Cate Blanchett is extraordinary.

— Geraldine James

I'm not very showy.

— Geraldine James

David Fincher is an actor's director.

— Geraldine James

If you look at my generation, there are some pretty amazing actresses.

— Geraldine James

Being bad for being bad's sake is just being a villain.

— Geraldine James

I went to a posh school but I'm not a posh person.

— Geraldine James

It was an extraordinary experience, filming in India.

— Geraldine James

I try to only do jobs I don't know how to do.

— Geraldine James

I don't want to find 'my part' and keep doing it.

— Geraldine James

It's very comfortable to work with somebody that you know well.

— Geraldine James

I don't believe anybody is just an evil cow.

— Geraldine James

I've never played a police person before 'Black Work,' and certainly had never worn a uniform.

— Geraldine James

Band Of Gold' nearly did me in. We had 16 weeks of night shoots and I was never getting home to London…

— Geraldine James

Friends become more important as you get older and give you a sense of where you are.

— Geraldine James

I remember getting out of bed at night and sitting on the stairs listening to my parents arguing and wishing I had…

— Geraldine James

I think French hotels are generally pretty awful - lumpy beds, often not terribly clean and just uncomfortable - but usually the…

— Geraldine James

I'm not one of those actors who can complain that work's thinned out since I've got older.

— Geraldine James

I don't suffer depression because I don't worry about what's past. But anxiety is about the future and I do worry about…

— Geraldine James

Programmes like 'Who Do You Think You Are?' and 'Restoration' are marvellous.

— Geraldine James

My mother was an alcoholic, in and out of hospital my entire childhood. My father, a doctor, divorced her when I was…

— Geraldine James

I enjoy fringe theatre because you get a real sense of collaboration with the audience which you often don't get in the…

— Geraldine James

I went to a terrifying boarding school and everyone was a brilliant singer or musician or artist, and I wasn't good at…

— Geraldine James

They are brought up to be the providers, the tough guys at the top of the family. The attitude is: 'Don't make…

— Geraldine James

My fantasy was to have a home in the country with six children, all with different fathers. The fathers would come down…

— Geraldine James

My own sister has always been apparently more successful socially. I was much more the serious one. While she was out shopping…

— Geraldine James

My advice to young actors is very simple: don't forget to have children. When you get caught up in your career, it's…

— Geraldine James

For some reason in England, the word 'Chekhovian' is associated with drifting about with a parasol, a lot of weeping, and drinking…

— Geraldine James

I had a fabulous teacher, my headmistress's husband, who taught Shakespeare for A-level, and then I found this person called William Shakespeare…

— Geraldine James

I don't like doing what I've already done. But there's a lot of different kinds of characters that I'd like to play.…

— Geraldine James

I talk to my husband about everything.

— Geraldine James

I've become much fitter as I've got older, funnily enough.

— Geraldine James

I have one daughter, but I always thought I'd have four.

— Geraldine James

I only feel at home once I've shopped in a place.

— Geraldine James

I used to run quite a lot and then I stopped.

— Geraldine James

The good thing about buying things online is that you can send them back.

— Geraldine James

To be asked to do something quite unusual keeps you going.

— Geraldine James

Alcohol in families is often kept secret. There's a sense of shame.

— Geraldine James

As with Shakespeare, we keep revisiting Chekhov.

— Geraldine James

Sometimes you do a job and you think, oh golly, that's enough isn't it?

— Geraldine James

We can't all play Marie Antoinette all of the time.

— Geraldine James