Miranda Richardson Quotes

Life is about compromise - in relationships and at work.

Being nomadic isn't sustainable forever. I've gotten to be really good at it.

I live wherever I happen to be.

I worked with John, but I had enough sense to walk just a little ways behind him. I could have made more records, but I wanted to have a marriage.

Relationships are important, but stay focused on all the things that are important. Figure out what you want.

Relationships are like the world's most intense yoga! It's a daily practice.

It's a hard job. It means giving up some things, but on the other hand they keep saying you can have it all. You can't really have it all so easy. You can do a little of this and little of that.

Relative to most people I know, I am comfortable just about anywhere. I went to 20 schools before the 8th grade because my father couldn't hold a job. We moved every six months. I had to adjust.

Over the years I learned that you can have it all - just not at the same time.

And I think I find, I know a lot of people around, in different cities, and so it's not - it might sound strange - but it's not that hard to say good-bye, because I know there's other people where I'm going. I can sort of fit in in a lot of places.

I'm a bit of a nomad anyway, so I find it quite easy to settle in places very quickly.

I've let a lot of my type A personality go. When you have a kid, the messiness doesn't matter anymore.

Not that I believe you can have it all: I believe you can have it all, just not at the same time.

Home is where I am. Sadly, I don't need a history to be able to exist somewhere. When I was still very young, my father told me: 'Look, we will always have to move, again and again.' I thought that was marvelous! That's how I got used to thinking that life meant starting from scratch, over and over again.

You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.

I would let climbing slide away if I had to maintain my relationship with my family. Because it really is the big adventure.

I change so many houses and places where I live; I change them like I change socks. I don't have this absolute, kind of, how you say, attachment. My brother, if he just has to go to holiday to sleep in different bed, for him it is a disaster. I can sleep under this table or in a five-star hotel; I don't care.

The true test of a relationship is traveling together.

I just like to have one foot in Montana and one foot out.

I want to wake up next to what I went to bed with. I need a girl who can get dressed up to come with me to things, but also one who isn't afraid to get her fingernails dirty or chip her nail polish.

They say, all you need is love. But what is better? Finding love, even if you don't have enough money? Or is money important, even if you don't have time to find love?

Our ape legs make us great generalists - we can walk, run and climb. But when you try to do too many things at once, you can end up with problems.

Can I be blunt? Yes. Can I be diplomatic? Yes. Can I concoct a mixture of vinegar and honey when the circumstances warrant? Yes.

There's no such thing as a perfect play. Sometimes you have to protect the life of the play.

Finding one important thing in your life doesn’t mean you have to give up all the other important things.