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Julie Walters Quotes

We have to take risks with art. If we don't, it all becomes a bit boring Picture Quote #1

The money isn’t a lure. I’ve done very well out of this business Picture Quote #1

I don’t want to give up acting - it’s what I am Picture Quote #1

I didn’t come into the business to get awards or titles Picture Quote #1

I don’t like being out of the crowd. It’s lonely within a group Picture Quote #1

Sixty felt like a big landmark. Not in a dreadful sense, but none of the other birthdays have bothered me. It’s got labels on it - OAP, retirement - and I just wanted to take stock. I wanted to be in my greenhouse at home and at least give myself the opportunity of not working again Picture Quote #1

The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary - Work Quotes

I meant to behave but there were too many other options - Funny Quotes

My grandmother lived with us for a short time while I was a child. Old people tend to be slightly more eccentric - they can behave the way they want Picture Quote #1

I’ll tell you how it happened. The phone rang. Paul, my agent, goes, ‘Would you like to play Meryl Streep’s?’ I said, ‘Yeeees! I’ll do it, whatever it is.’ He said, ‘It’s Mamma Mia!.’ I said, ‘Oh no, which character? The fat friend? Picture Quote #1

I was asked about doing a nude shoot for men’s magazine GQ. I thought it was the funniest thing I’d ever heard Picture Quote #1

There is this idea that appealing to youth is the only way forward. But that is no longer the case. Youth is not everything. Now we have all the baby-boomers in their 60s, like me, who are actively engaged in life - we’re not retiring, we’re not just being put out to grass once we hit 60 Picture Quote #1

I couldn’t watch Tom and Jerry. The cruelty was too much. I had all these strange images, of tiny animals, all mixed up Picture Quote #1

I remember Michael saying, ‘Rich and famous? It’s much better to be just rich’. I didn’t quite get it to begin with. But he’s right. You lose anonymity. I say to my family that you’ve no idea until you lose it how precious anonymity is Picture Quote #1

I never make the same mistake twice. I make it five or six times, just to be sure - Funny Quotes

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken - Oscar Wilde Quotes

Along the way I have been able to choose some themes which ask questions - not necessarily force a message on anyone, but at least invite the audience to question things: jury service, dignity in dying, ireland - and not least because they force me to ask myself questions. Where do I stand? Picture Quote #1

Everyone comes up to me saying, ‘Cooee, Julie! Hello!’ as if I know them. Of course I don’t bloody know them. Am I flummoxed by it? Sometimes. I think, ‘Ooh, love, go easy.’ For a time, I did feel this pressure that I had to be funny, but it passes Picture Quote #1

Oh all the time when Victoria Wood and I did our series. There were people asking ‘Can women be funny?’ People still ask that. It’s like asking: ‘Can women breathe in and out?’ Picture Quote #1

It’s getting better generally, daily, especially in TV, for women in acting and age and looks count less. As more women come into the business. Change of any sort takes a long time to happen Picture Quote #1

I was always someone who lived in the future all the time, it was always the next thing - dreams of escape Picture Quote #1

I always loved my mother, felt loved, but she was judgmental. Her father in Ireland didn’t approve of women generally, and she took on his values. She believed her own mother was foolish Picture Quote #1

Money may not buy happiness, but it's better to cry in a Lamborghini - Funny Quotes

You don't need someone to complete you. You only need someone to accept you completely - Love Quotes

There were all us baby boomers who had a grammar school education, started to learn, then went on the pill, the whole thing, and so there are today a lot more women writers, editors, producers, and so a lot more women’s stories. God, the BBC’s practically run by women Picture Quote #1

There were people asking ‘Can women be funny?’ People still ask that. It’s like asking: ‘Can women breathe in and out?’ Picture Quote #1

Shakespeare - it’s not funny. No matter how they try to make Shakespeare funny, when it’s meant to be funny it’s not funny Picture Quote #1

I was always someone who lived in the future all the time, it was always the next thing - dreams of escape Picture Quote #1

I don’t know if you can change things, but it’s a drop in the ocean Picture Quote #1

It’s getting better generally, daily, especially in TV, for women in acting and age and looks count less. As more women come into the business. Change of any sort takes a long time to happen Picture Quote #1

I told you I'll be ready in FIVE minutes, stop calling me every half hour - Funny Quotes

When I first saw you I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew - William Shakespeare Quotes

It’s very strong after the birth. It’s extraordinary. You can’t watch anything to do with kids being harmed Picture Quote #1

I’m too young at 50. I’m not grown up yet. There’s part of everybody like that Picture Quote #1

I can understand why people get annoyed at being remembered for one thing, but a lot of actors aren’t remembered for anything. I don’t mind that Picture Quote #1

I’m massively talented, and very, very beautiful in person; the public don’t really realise that Picture Quote #1

I’m more selective now I’ve got a family. I don’t want to work all the time. My daughter’s 12; I don’t want to miss out on her life. Soon she’ll be a teenager; she won’t want me around Picture Quote #1

Jane Austen was an extraordinary woman; to actually be able to survive as a novelist in those days - unmarried - was just unheard of Picture Quote #1

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We have to take risks with art. If we don't, it all becomes a bit boring (Julie Walters Quotes) The money isn’t a lure. I’ve done very well out of this business. (Julie Walters Quotes) I don’t want to give up acting - it’s what I am (Julie Walters Quotes) I didn’t come into the business to get awards or titles (Julie Walters Quotes) I don’t like being out of the crowd. It’s lonely within a group. (Julie Walters Quotes) Sixty felt like a big landmark. Not in a dreadful sense, but none of the other birthdays have bothered me. It’s got labels on it - OAP, retirement - and I just wanted to take stock. I wanted to be in my greenhouse at home and at least give myself the opportunity of not working again (Julie Walters Quotes) My grandmother lived with us for a short time while I was a child. Old people tend to be slightly more eccentric - they can behave the way they want (Julie Walters Quotes) I’ll tell you how it happened. The phone rang. Paul, my agent, goes, ‘Would you like to play Meryl Streep’s?’ I said, ‘Yeeees! I’ll do it, whatever it is.’ He said, ‘It’s Mamma Mia!.’ I said, ‘Oh no, which character? The fat friend? (Julie Walters Quotes) I was asked about doing a nude shoot for men’s magazine GQ. I thought it was the funniest thing I’d ever heard (Julie Walters Quotes) There is this idea that appealing to youth is the only way forward. But that is no longer the case. Youth is not everything. Now we have all the baby-boomers in their 60s, like me, who are actively engaged in life - we’re not retiring, we’re not just being put out to grass once we hit 60 (Julie Walters Quotes) I couldn’t watch Tom and Jerry. The cruelty was too much. I had all these strange images, of tiny animals, all mixed up (Julie Walters Quotes) I remember Michael saying, ‘Rich and famous? It’s much better to be just rich’. I didn’t quite get it to begin with. But he’s right. You lose anonymity. I say to my family that you’ve no idea until you lose it how precious anonymity is (Julie Walters Quotes) Along the way I have been able to choose some themes which ask questions - not necessarily force a message on anyone, but at least invite the audience to question things: jury service, dignity in dying, ireland - and not least because they force me to ask myself questions. Where do I stand? (Julie Walters Quotes) Everyone comes up to me saying, ‘Cooee, Julie! Hello!’ as if I know them. Of course I don’t bloody know them. Am I flummoxed by it? Sometimes. I think, ‘Ooh, love, go easy.’ For a time, I did feel this pressure that I had to be funny, but it passes (Julie Walters Quotes) Oh all the time when Victoria Wood and I did our series. There were people asking ‘Can women be funny?’ People still ask that. It’s like asking: ‘Can women breathe in and out?’ (Julie Walters Quotes) It’s getting better generally, daily, especially in TV, for women in acting and age and looks count less. As more women come into the business. Change of any sort takes a long time to happen (Julie Walters Quotes) I was always someone who lived in the future all the time, it was always the next thing - dreams of escape (Julie Walters Quotes) I always loved my mother, felt loved, but she was judgmental. Her father in Ireland didn’t approve of women generally, and she took on his values. She believed her own mother was foolish (Julie Walters Quotes) There were all us baby boomers who had a grammar school education, started to learn, then went on the pill, the whole thing, and so there are today a lot more women writers, editors, producers, and so a lot more women’s stories. God, the BBC’s practically run by women (Julie Walters Quotes) There were people asking ‘Can women be funny?’ People still ask that. It’s like asking: ‘Can women breathe in and out?’ (Julie Walters Quotes) Shakespeare - it’s not funny. No matter how they try to make Shakespeare funny, when it’s meant to be funny it’s not funny (Julie Walters Quotes) I was always someone who lived in the future all the time, it was always the next thing - dreams of escape. (Julie Walters Quotes) I don’t know if you can change things, but it’s a drop in the ocean (Julie Walters Quotes) It’s getting better generally, daily, especially in TV, for women in acting and age and looks count less. As more women come into the business. Change of any sort takes a long time to happen. (Julie Walters Quotes) It’s very strong after the birth. It’s extraordinary. You can’t watch anything to do with kids being harmed. (Julie Walters Quotes) I’m too young at 50. I’m not grown up yet. There’s part of everybody like that. (Julie Walters Quotes) I can understand why people get annoyed at being remembered for one thing, but a lot of actors aren’t remembered for anything. I don’t mind that. (Julie Walters Quotes) I’m massively talented, and very, very beautiful in person; the public don’t really realise that. (Julie Walters Quotes) I’m more selective now I’ve got a family. I don’t want to work all the time. My daughter’s 12; I don’t want to miss out on her life. Soon she’ll be a teenager; she won’t want me around. (Julie Walters Quotes) Jane Austen was an extraordinary woman; to actually be able to survive as a novelist in those days - unmarried - was just unheard of. (Julie Walters Quotes)

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