Julie Walters

There were people asking 'Can women be funny?' People still ask that. It's like asking: 'Can women breathe in and out?'

— Julie Walters

Sixty felt like a big landmark. Not in a dreadful sense, but none of the other birthdays have bothered me. It's got…

— Julie Walters

I can understand why people get annoyed at being remembered for one thing, but a lot of actors aren't remembered for anything.…

— Julie Walters

I've never done so much bloody crying in my life. I was always moaning about how hard it was when we were…

— Julie Walters

Everyone comes up to me saying, 'Cooee, Julie! Hello!' as if I know them. Of course I don't bloody know them. Am…

— Julie Walters

It seems that when you get to a certain age you almost give yourself permission to misbehave and say what you think.…

— Julie Walters

It's getting better but men still earn more and there are more jobs for them. Ageism is a big thing. Parts for…

— Julie Walters

You can't help but feel a little bit like a mother to the younger cast members.

— Julie Walters

I can talk myself so much into my part.

— Julie Walters

I'd love to be in another film, but they haven't asked me. I think it's a shame but the prospects of me…

— Julie Walters

There were all us baby boomers who had a grammar school education, started to learn, then went on the pill, the whole…

— Julie Walters

Some people have a terrible stretch between family and work. It is a difficult thing to achieve.

— Julie Walters

I couldn't watch Tom and Jerry. The cruelty was too much. I had all these strange images, of tiny animals, all mixed…

— Julie Walters

Stage is the most exciting. Film is lovely, because it's like a family.

— Julie Walters

I don't like being out of the crowd. It's lonely within a group.

— Julie Walters

It's getting better generally, daily, especially in TV, for women in acting and age and looks count less. As more women come…

— Julie Walters

I keep seeing myself in my daughter, and I see my mother in me and in her. Bloody hell.

— Julie Walters

Self worth is everything. Without it life is a misery.

— Julie Walters

There is this idea that appealing to youth is the only way forward. But that is no longer the case. Youth is…

— Julie Walters

I think comedy's something you can't learn. It's an instinct, which makes it rather elusive.

— Julie Walters

I went through bits of the 60s and thought myself a bit of a hippy.

— Julie Walters

I'm too young at 50. I'm not grown up yet. There's part of everybody like that.

— Julie Walters

As soon as I gave birth, it was as if you understand them. They become people, not kids. You start to identify…

— Julie Walters

I wanted above all else not to be like my mum.

— Julie Walters

That's why I'm an actress - escaping into a world.

— Julie Walters