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Jane Horrocks

(1964) Voice Actor United Kingdom

14 quotes in 68 categories

Jane Horrocks is a voice actor from the United Kingdom, best known for Lettice the Dancing Rabbit (Read Aloud by Jane Horrocks).

Quick Facts About Jane Horrocks

Born: January 18, 1964
Nationality: United Kingdom
Profession: Voice Actor
Notable works: Lettice the Dancing Rabbit (Read Aloud by Jane Horrocks)

About Jane Horrocks

Barbara Jane Horrocks is a British actress. She portrayed both Katy Grin and Bubble in the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous. She was nominated for the 1993 Olivier Award for Best Actress for the title role in the stage play The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, and received Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for the role in the film version of Little Voice.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Sitges Film Festival Best Actress award

Quotes by Jane Horrocks

I think that if you idealise someone for so long, they can only disappoint and I wouldn't want to be disappointed by…

Disappoint

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I just find it thrilling, especially when I totally lock in to the person that I am doing and I'm really flying...…

Flying

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I found that I could make people laugh doing people like Shirley Bassey. Fortunately it worked.

Found

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When I think of Marilyn Monroe, and achieving her sound, I think of having a rather large bust. I think of her…

Able

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My earliest acting memory is making up a play for my mom and dad called The Lonesome Baby. I have no idea…

Acting

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I don't think that I want to meet any of the icons. I don't think that anybody can quite live up to…

Expectations

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I can't read a note of music. I just do it all from ear.

Ear

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I cant read a note of music. I just do it all from ear.

Cant

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Mimicking people was something I did already.

Mimicking

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Usually, certainly British singers, adopt an American accent when they sing and I think that usually people are thinking of somebody else,…

Accents

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My own singing voice is not very good and I don't think that anybody really sings in their own voice.

My own

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I find singing as somebody else very liberating, it just frees me up.

Liberating

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Having someone else to blame when there is a rude smell in the air.

Air

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Mike Leigh encourages you to choose a person that you know to base your character on. You write a whole list of…

Character

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