Author: Harriet Walter

Quotes

Male playwrights, on the whole, are probably more interested in male characters. They need women characters to be the women in their lives or to be the domestic difficulty.

Male playwrights, on the whole, are probably more interested in male characters. They need women characters to be the women in their lives or to be the domestic difficulty.

- Harriet Walter

Where does an actress go after playing Cleopatra's magnificent death? Why didn't Shakespeare write more - and more powerful - roles for mature women?

Where does an actress go after playing Cleopatra's magnificent death? Why didn't Shakespeare write more - and more powerful - roles for mature women?

- Harriet Walter

As long as I am still interested and curious, I enjoy getting up in the morning, but I can't say I have a happy smile on my face 24/7.

As long as I am still interested and curious, I enjoy getting up in the morning, but I can't say I have a happy smile on my face 24/7.

- Harriet Walter

I lived with my mother all my life until she died, and I don't really think I knew her, because I was always using her as my mother, if you know what I mean.

I lived with my mother all my life until she died, and I don't really think I knew her, because I was always using her as my mother, if you know what I mean.

- Harriet Walter

I think I have a deep-seated fear of being misunderstood. Or being misjudged.

I think I have a deep-seated fear of being misunderstood. Or being misjudged.

- Harriet Walter

Romance is about investing in the future - with older people, there is less time for happy ever after.

Romance is about investing in the future - with older people, there is less time for happy ever after.

- Harriet Walter

Work has been the central column for most of my life; it has always been my identity.

Work has been the central column for most of my life; it has always been my identity.

- Harriet Walter

I was not emotionally mature enough to accept any kind of success when I was young. I needed to go that long route.

I was not emotionally mature enough to accept any kind of success when I was young. I needed to go that long route.

- Harriet Walter

I yearn to make a really good, intelligent movie before I die: I don't completely rule out the possibility, but in Hollywood, I'm not bankable.

I yearn to make a really good, intelligent movie before I die: I don't completely rule out the possibility, but in Hollywood, I'm not bankable.

- Harriet Walter

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