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29 quotes by Emily Watson

Emily Margaret Watson, OBE (born 14 January 1967) is an English actress who gave an acclaimed debut film performance in Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves. She is a two-time Academy Award nominee and four-time BAFTA Award nominee. Watson began her career on stage and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1992. She received Academy Award nominations for Best Actress for her roles as Bess McNeil in the 1996 film Breaking the Waves and...
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I think so, Silence of the Lambs was a great, suspenseful thriller and I would expect Red Dragon to be similar. And I think it's very character... →

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In my early career I was like a goldfish. Rejection didn't affect me; I'd just forget how bad it was and keep going back for more.

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Please, please, please - I would love to do some comedy. Once you have a reputation for one thing - in my case, crying and dying - you are typecast.

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I mean, I have done scenes with animals, with owls, with bats, with cats, with special effects, with thespians, in the freezing cold, in the pouring... →

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The film Punch - Drunk Love is how you see the world when you're in love. You don't see somebody's psychological baggage necessarily, you... →

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When I did get home this last time, we had all these plans to go out. And then we hardly stepped outside because the time together seemed too... →

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I grew up without a television. It meant that I read lots of books and entertained myself.

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And it is very sexy as well: somebody says I'm taking you on a surprise date, you don't know where you are going and you can't see and... →

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Believing in God is a very intense inner struggle of mine. It's something I worry about a lot, but which I don't have the answer to.

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I always think I am going to do my best.

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I do think you feel a little bit like you are preying on people's lives.

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I don't think I will be less good because there's less pressure on me.

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I sometimes feel like it's difficult for people to relate to me, until they spend, like, a day with me, and until they walk around with me in... →

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