Lesley Sharp

I think what's fabulous about 'Living the Dream' is that accidents happen to them and they've got dramas and pitfalls to get…

— Lesley Sharp

And whether or not you're interested in opera or classical music or folk music or the theatre, I think that for a…

— Lesley Sharp

You know when actors are very shy and self-effacing? Well, I really love it when people like my work, but I'm also…

— Lesley Sharp

I don't like to generalize about men, but I do feel there's still a long way to go if we want a…

— Lesley Sharp

I'm certainly old enough to be a grandmother. I think it's interesting that it should be an issue, that being seen as…

— Lesley Sharp

I realized a few years ago that as an actress I'd signed myself up to a life of disempowerment. I'm always waiting…

— Lesley Sharp

Sometimes I feel very bullish about it - this is the age that I am, this is the way that I look,…

— Lesley Sharp

I just think that, you know, what young actors actors and actresses have to factor into their work is all of the…

— Lesley Sharp

We're 50 per cent of the population so it's appropriate we're reflected everywhere as people who take part in society in a…

— Lesley Sharp

I have a lot of friends who have nothing to do with the acting profession and they really liked seeing a woman…

— Lesley Sharp

I've worked with Gemma Jones before, so the opportunity to re-connect with her, and for us to play mother and daughter, was…

— Lesley Sharp

When I was in Stephen Poliakoff's 'Playing With Trains,' someone wrote that I was 'moon-faced'. That taught me not to read my…

— Lesley Sharp

I think culture and art tell you what the soul of a nation is, and if we continue to chip away at…

— Lesley Sharp

My career was never built on being a great beauty so it's not like I look back at being 25 and I'm…

— Lesley Sharp

I met my birth mother as an adult, but she was always quite vague about my birth father. I knew he had…

— Lesley Sharp

My first idol was Dick Emery, this man on the telly who was a sexpot one minute, then a vicar with dodgy…

— Lesley Sharp

The really hard thing for both men and women is getting older: it becomes increasingly difficult to live a life based on…

— Lesley Sharp

At times I am very self-critical and disappointed with my appearance, and there are other times I think, 'How lucky I am…

— Lesley Sharp

You have to know what you're doing, you have to be experienced. You can't just say, 'I'm an actress in 'Scott &…

— Lesley Sharp

I know Toby Jones very well, we've done yoga together in the past and get on very well. He's a fantastic actor,…

— Lesley Sharp