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31 quotes by Miranda Richardson

Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958) is an English stage, film and television actress. She is a two-time Academy Award nominee and has won a BAFTA Award and two Golden Globe Awards. Richardson began her career on stage and made her West End debut in the 1980 play Moving. She made her film debut playing Ruth Ellis in the 1985 film Dance with a Stranger. In 1987, she received a Best Actress Olivier Award nomination for the Royal Court...
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Insecurity, commonly regarded as a weakness in normal people, is the basic tool of the actor's trade.

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I'm not someone who can lie on a beach and do nothing. I am not sure what you are supposed to do, so I get bored. I prefer to have a purpose... →

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I need my friends, I need my house, I need my garden.

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I have no idea what my persona would be. As far as I'm concerned, I'm changing all the time.

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If you only took on roles that had the same qualities, then I suppose it might make a critic feel better, if he can see some kind of bedrock. Perhaps... →

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My phrase has always been that I am looking for the versatility of theatre in film. I think I have been quite lucky in that so far.

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I like the personality of the Belgians. They're deeply eccentric, which is something that comes across in their design - terrific.

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It makes me feel resilient when you tackle different things.

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For years, I never knowingly went on a holiday. When I travelled, it was for work. Now I am a huge advocate, particularly to places which have... →

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My roots are still in Britain, that's where I live, that's the place where I come from.

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You can't please all the people all the time.

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And there's no way I'm going to do Dame Edna.

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But I hope that you walk around the corner and you get very surprised.

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