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9 quotes by Pauline Collins

Pauline Collins, OBE (born 3 September 1940) is an English actress of the stage, television, and film. She first came to prominence portraying Sarah Moffat in Upstairs, Downstairs and its spin-off Thomas & Sarah during the 1970s. She later drew acclaim for playing the title role in the play Shirley Valentine for which she received Laurence Olivier, Tony, and Drama Desk awards. She reprised the role in a 1989 film adaptation, winning a BAFTA...
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We all press buttons in relationships, in our dealings with people, without thinking what it really means. We all knock along without questioning... →

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When I started performing, I decided that if in five years I couldn't earn as much money acting as I could as a teacher, it would be unrealistic... →

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I think goodness is very powerful, but often evil is made more attractive in films. It's a challenge to make goodness appealing.

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Certainly, I, as an audience, am stricken with terror if I see only two people onstage. And one person, I think, is even harder for people to take.

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I have played a few lay saints in my time.

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I think you can lose yourself more easily in a film than in the theater.

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I was brought up a Catholic, so I suppose I have to believe in the goodness of human beings. I think we're not so bad after all.

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We all think we're liberated when we have more of everything, don't we? That's what the media tell us.

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Theater is an engagement between the actor and the audience. Film is a different sort of medium. It's not immediate, but in some ways it's... →

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