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 It`s obscene, isn`t it? Just ridiculous. We don`t need any of these things! Give it to people who need it. I`ll never have to buy moisturizer again. I might start eating it soon. - what she thinks about celebrities getting free gifts at award shows. I`m not Susan Sarandon. I don`t want to bang a drum. I think I`m just going to say `I`m pro-choice` and leave it at that. [On her view about abortion, something she`s been asked a lot after her role in Vera Drake (2004)]
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I go up for a job, someone else gets it, what can I do about that? That might be in another league to me, people being competitive. But it`s not like running a race. I`m not against anyone. I think that`s a much more American thing, that.
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He`s the nicest ... because he works so hard, and I think he expects other people to work hard. And in my book, that`s enough. We don`t roll into rehearsal at 10.30 and have coffee. We start at 8am, we finish at 8 o`clock at night. I mean, you don`t want to dither around him. And I think that`s fine. I think he`s entitled to say what he wants and what he doesn`t want. He knows a lot about it. He doesn`t have to be nice if he doesn`t want to, just to be charming. [On working with Mike Leigh in Vera Drake (2004)]
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You know you can be very famous without being a great actress, and that`s not good for me.
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I am a character actress, well, let`s say, I am a leading character actress who does interesting, odd parts.
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All my heroes-Tim Spall, Lesley Manville-are just so brilliant. And I thought, well, I`m not in that league.
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After the creation and the filming are over. As you well know, we don`t have a script when we`re shooting. But after the film, the screenplay gets published and you can read the whole thing
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I reached the point now, where I have become as comfortable on a movie set as I am on stage. Before, I was trying to figure it out, how much should I emote, where should I stand? But now I know more about the camera, and what goes into the mix, technically. I`m much more comfortable doing film now.
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We`re all unique as actors. To yourself, you are unique, you have to think `I`m me, I`m not going to bunch myself with other people.` Agents and producers have to get you into a box, to accommodate their limited imaginations.
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Agents and producers have to get you into a box to accommodate their limited imaginations.
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Well, my parents were working people. You just worked. I`ve always wanted a long career, not an instant one. I left Rada, I worked in rep for six years, then I came to London and came to the National Theatre. What`s better than that? I don`t know what`s better than that. `Oh, but surely you wanted to be a big film star when you were 21?` No, because I would`ve been rubbish. Because I spent a lot of time in rep being OK, being very bad, and then being quite good. And I could practice my craft. You know, being exposed that early, to be brilliant in your first job, where do you go from there? It`s given me time, which is a luxury.
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As Vera Drake, I feel Mike has used all of me as a dramatic actress, in a positive sense.
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Trivia
Her talent agent is the mother of Freddie Highmore.
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Attended La Sainte Union Convent, a convent school in the north of London.
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Daughter, Bessie Carter, born in 1993.
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She won the "Coppa Volpi" award for her performance in Vera Drake (2004) at the 2004 Venice Film Festvial. The movie "Vera Drake" also won the "Gold Lion" award for the best movie at the same event.
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She was nominated for a 1997 Laurence Olivier Theatre Awards for Best Actress in a Musical of the 1996 season for her performance in "Guys and Dolls".
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She said that her idols are Bette Davis, Vivien Leigh, and Maya Angelou.
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She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1986 (1985 season) for Best Performance in a Supporting a Role for "A Chorus of Disapproval" and "The Corn is Green".
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Turned down a recurring role in "Desperate Housewives" (2004).
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Offered a role in Bewitched (2005).
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One of 112 invitees to join AMPAS in 2005.
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She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1991 (1990 season) for Best Actress in a Musical for "Into the Woods".
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She was awarded the 1985 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in A Chorus of Disapproval and The Corn is Green.
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At 14, she played Polly Peachum in a school production of the musical "The Beggar's Opera".
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Became an Associate Member of RADA.
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Graduated from RADA.
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She was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2006 New Year's Honours List for her services to drama.
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