Penelope Keith Quotes

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• Shyness is just egotism out of its depth.
• I think I'm a better actress for having friends and interests outside the theatre. I wouldn't want to live my life surrounded by other actors…
• The character I play in Star Quality says acting is the be-all and end-all of her life. I'm not like that. I do enjoy working…
• We always had chocolates and my mother was careful to make sure they were unwrapped in advance so the paper wouldn't rustle in the middle…
• Everyone wants instant everything, and they want instant success, but I always think you should treat things in the arts like a garden, and let…
• I don't think actors ever retire, they just stop being asked to work.
• I think it is very sad that 'sitcom' has become a pejorative term.
• I'm a bit of a Scotophile. I have a house on the Black Isle, so I'm in Scotland quite a lot and think Edinburgh is…
• With a play, you do it and it's gone. Films always date. Television drama always dates. Television comedy, for some reason, seems to go on.
• A lot of people have it - that fantasy of being lord or lady of the manor, either in the present or at some time…
• I always used to say when I was on television that I prefer to be on stage and when on stage I prefer to do…
• I don't believe in public humiliation. It went out with the stocks.
• I don't feel 'vibes' when I enter a building - don't feel the previous owners looking down on me. But I do know when a…
• I love touring, I really do.
• I'm sure that is a reason why young people occasionally bash up old people - because the ages don't mix any more.
• In my book, all manners are is thinking of somebody else.
• Language is my bugbear. Everyone says things now like 'I was sat' instead of 'I was sitting', which just sounds so ugly.
• Older people, who just happen to have been around longer, may not be cleverer than the young, but they have seen more.
• So often actors only mix with actors, which is quite incestuous, and doesn't give them the insight into how other people work.
• Young people don't want to sit at home and watch television; they'd sooner be out doing their own thing.

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