Funny Quote by Eileen Atkins

My looks were good enough for what I needed in every possible way but not so much to be a burden.

— Eileen Atkins

I think most British people who say they can do an American accent are so bad at it. I find it excruciating. I find…

— Eileen Atkins

I have never been able to bear people who are obsessed with beauty.

— Eileen Atkins

I hate tight, tight stuff showing every line. I want to be sick when people are in Lycra.

— Eileen Atkins

My parents felt so uncomfortable coming to the kind of theater I was in; they had nothing to say about it.

— Eileen Atkins

Wheels come off? Get on with it. Cope. Survive.

— Eileen Atkins

I believe I was put on this planet to act, and it's given me huge fulfilment. I feel I've realised my destiny, and I've…

— Eileen Atkins

I don't believe in remaking television series. I should never have agreed to reviving 'Upstairs Downstairs' because my heart wasn't in it, but part…

— Eileen Atkins

Film was something I didn't really think about when I was young, because if you looked like me, you weren't a film star.

— Eileen Atkins

I imagine I'll retire mid-performance. I'll say, 'Sorry, everyone, I can't do this anymore. I must have suddenly aged.' Then I'll walk off. Yes,…

— Eileen Atkins

I'm told I am over-choosy, and I shocked everybody by doing Jeffrey Archer. I did that to annoy everybody; sometimes, between Medea and Virginia…

— Eileen Atkins

It's extraordinary to hear waves of laughter after you've been playing something, night after night, to nothing. That's why I'm still hooked on acting:…

— Eileen Atkins