May Quote by Penelope Keith

“Older people, who just happen to have been around longer, may not be cleverer than the young, but they have seen more.”

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So often actors only mix with actors, which is quite incestuous, and doesn't give them the insight into how other people work.

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Language is my bugbear. Everyone says things now like 'I was sat' instead of 'I was sitting', which just sounds so ugly.

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We have this wonderful language and we don't appreciate it. That's old-fashioned me, but when I went to school, everyone had elocution lessons, not…

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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…

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I'm sure that is a reason why young people occasionally bash up old people - because the ages don't mix any more.

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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…

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I'm a realist.

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I'm not against accents - my husband's from Lancashire and has a rural Lancs accent. We've just got back from Scotland yesterday, and I…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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