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18 quotes by Jennifer Ehle

Jennifer Anne Ehle (/ˈiːliː/; born December 29, 1969) is an American actress of stage and screen. She is perhaps best known for her role as Elizabeth Bennet in the successful 1995 miniseries Pride and Prejudice, which won her the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress. She made her West End debut in 1991 in Peter Hall's production of Tartuffe, and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1995. She has won two Tony Awards for her work on Broadway, Best...
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After 'The Real Thing,' I thought about giving up acting because it's difficult to have a rich life outside your work when you're an... →

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I never thought in a million years that I would do a weekly series.

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I am an American. I adore Britain and have a strong English half, but my roots are here in the U.S. - it is not a matter of choice; it is simply fact.

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My natural accent is American. I chose to speak with a U.K. accent when I was about to enter the final year at drama school in London. I was going to... →

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There is a cost that comes with moving schools so often and it's not what I want for my son when he gets older, but it did make me very... →

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People used to always ask, and I would say I wanted to be an actress. When they would ask why, I would say because my mother has so much fun.

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So much of my life is not about work and that is usually mainly what I do tweet about. We live a very quiet life.

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You know what else I've learnt? That it's all right not to ride the crest of the wave. Every time a wave comes along I retreat, and I... →

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I started so slowly and had so few followers and then it kind of sort of snowballed. I still feel an intimacy on Twitter, which I think a lot of us... →

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I distanced myself, relatively, from my parents for a year or so in my late twenties. It was necessary for me to feel my autonomy. Other than that... →

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I don't mind being an only child; never have. I am lucky, though, that I have my friend Emily, who grew-up very close to me and so, there is... →

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I really never get recognized at all for anything.

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I wish I'd not taken off all my clothes in my first television series, 'The Camomile Lawn.'

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