39 Quotes by Harriet Walter

Work has been the central column for most of my life; it has always been my identity.

Luckily, each generation brings forth great writers, actors, directors, and designers.

I've witnessed the survival of the theatre several times when it was meant to be dying.

I vote, but I don't feel that I'm achieving much when I do.

Male playwrights, on the whole, are probably more interested in male characters. They need women characters to be the women in their lives or to be the domestic difficulty.

Where does an actress go after playing Cleopatra's magnificent death? Why didn't Shakespeare write more - and more powerful - roles for mature women?

I've been taking lessons in Damehood from Judi Dench. Being a Dame is useful in restaurants, hotels, and restaurants, Judi says, but you have to get someone else to do the booking.

I yearn to make a really good, intelligent movie before I die: I don't completely rule out the possibility, but in Hollywood, I'm not bankable.

Romance is about investing in the future - with older people, there is less time for happy ever after.