Accepting Quote by Vanessa Redgrave

An awful lot of filmmaking and playmaking is taken over by marketers and publicists, who set about to tell people what to think. And…

— Vanessa Redgrave

Theater and poetry were what helped people stay alive and want to go on living.

— Vanessa Redgrave

I thought my story, my experiences as a 2-year-old 'evacuee' from London at the outset of the war, could be important. What happened to…

— Vanessa Redgrave

Principles aren't something you hear much from politicians these days. Have you noticed? Right across the board, leaders, whatever the political coloring, avoid talking…

— Vanessa Redgrave

Shakespeare lets us see real people undergoing real processes, with real feelings

— Vanessa Redgrave

The stage is actor's country. You have to get your passport stamped every so often or they take away your citizenship.

— Vanessa Redgrave

Ask the right questions if you're to find the right answers.

— Vanessa Redgrave

Ask the right questions if you're going to find the right answers.

— Vanessa Redgrave

I think the theatre is as essential to civilization as safe, pure water.

— Vanessa Redgrave

We are child-bearers primarily, and we are the weaker sex, and once we've given birth to our children, our life is by necessity bound…

— Vanessa Redgrave

I give myself to my parts as to a lover.

— Vanessa Redgrave

The notion of 'building a career' had never been heard or dreamed of when I was young.

— Vanessa Redgrave