Lesley Manville

A friend of mine rang the box office to collect a ticket I'd reserved for her, and the girl said, 'Who's Lesley…

— Lesley Manville

The more life you have, the more it's in your pores, the more able you are to be creative as an artist.

— Lesley Manville

I quite like that people tend not to know my name. I remember being at the Cannes film festival for 'All or…

— Lesley Manville

It would never occur to me not to look dreadful if that's the job description.

— Lesley Manville

Stage is the ultimate test; I like watching established screen actors on stage to see if they can really do it. But…

— Lesley Manville

With learning lines, before I had Alfie, I'd put it off and think, 'Oh, I'll just have a glass of wine and…

— Lesley Manville

My mother always cooked, every day, proper food. We didn't have fast food. It was probably pretty much meat and two veg,…

— Lesley Manville

I hate that thing that if you are over 45, and you're going to be on telly or make films, you have…

— Lesley Manville

In my work, I want to convince people that I'm that character. If they know everything about Lesley Manville - private life,…

— Lesley Manville

I had this exceptional classical music voice. If I'd followed a true path for my talent, I would have ended up being…

— Lesley Manville

I was champion soprano of Sussex when I was 16!

— Lesley Manville

Anyone who has to write an obituary for me one day will probably say, 'She did absolute depths of agony really well.'…

— Lesley Manville

I'm a big fan of Edouard Vuillard, so I'd like anything by him - particularly a painting called 'Madame Hessel on the…

— Lesley Manville

I think that distributors and marketing companies realise that there are a huge number of women over 40 who want to go…

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I'd love it if doors open for me in America. There are directors I'd love to work with there. I'll always do…

— Lesley Manville

I completely think of myself as sexual. Completely and utterly. Probably more so than I did when I was 30. I don't…

— Lesley Manville

The thing is, when you have a child with someone, like it or not, you're going to have to have a continuing…

— Lesley Manville

I'm quite chameleon in my work - not normally looking much like I do in real life.

— Lesley Manville

People say, 'I know you, don't I?' And they expect me to say I know them from their daughter's school or something…

— Lesley Manville

I love playing women at the far ends of the social scale. I've done it all my life; that's where my ability…

— Lesley Manville

Oh, there's so much ego with men; in their head, they can't possibly think about Tesco's when they are doing Othello. Er,…

— Lesley Manville

There isn't a spare minute in the day. I have spent my life doing everything. I work. I go home. I do…

— Lesley Manville

I'm fascinated by food. Food is love, isn't it?

— Lesley Manville

You've got to take responsibility for your own actions. We all know people who reach rock bottom. However much that they're told…

— Lesley Manville

For Kitty Gilbert in 'Topsy-Turvy,' I had to get to the point where I could improvise in the style of 1880, which…

— Lesley Manville