Juliet Stevenson Quotes

I may not be Meryl Streep, but I am not untalented.

To me acting and singing are worlds apart.

I think I'm a much better painter than an actor.

Modelling is completely different from acting. They are two skills that you can't compare.

I am a better cook than actor.

My mom was heavily in the arts; my entire family, they're all musicians and draw. They have much more artistic talent than me!

What I admire about Ranbir is his choice of films. Sometimes he will be bad; sometimes he will be good.

I love dancing but acting is a passion.

First, I started with music singing, writing songs, playing music. Later, I got into acting. I'm not a brilliant musician or a brilliant actor. But, to me, they're still great vehicles for expression.

I love portraying different characters.

People who win awards for drama and for crying their eyes out for two hours... it's easy!

I would love to act in films if people think I am right for a particular role.

I really want to act and act in great roles, which have scope of performance.

Acting is technically just lying, so I guess I've been acting since I was about 7.

I was in the National Youth Theatre, too, but there was no dancing there. I was doing plays like 'Julius Caesar' and playing the lute very badly.

When you're an actor, people just take it for granted that you're really confident and can get up in front a stage full of people and just speak to them.

Everybody around me was talented and gave everybody talent. Everybody painted. My mother had a beautiful voice. My father was a marvelous drawing-room actor.

I think what I have to offer is more useful in theatre than on screen.

A lot of respect to people who do theatre, but I wouldn't make a good theatre actor is what I feel.

I was trained in classic theater, so I love me some good old crying.

Neither my MFA from Yale School of Drama nor my BFA from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University make me any different from other actors in film, television, or theatre.

I knew I am not star material. I cannot sing or dance, nor am I good for action. I can only perform for which strong, diverse roles are needed.

I love doing both animation and live acting.

Good looks may be enough for a heroine, but to become an artiste, you need at least a working knowledge of the language.

Theatre's a whole different beast to film. It requires a lot more of you.