60 Quotes by Imelda Staunton

I was brought up a Catholic, so I take no pleasure in guilt.

I've always tried to fight against, 'Oh, who's that small funny actress? Let's get her.'

If you're at an award ceremony, you're against your mates.

Look at Judi Dench, who's brilliant in whatever bloody job she does.

You can be very famous without being a great actress, and that's not good for me.

I don't think it's that I don't like Sondheim. It's that I find it really... I don't know how to describe it. Doing it is the most extraordinary thing. Because it's like Shakespeare times 100 with singing. It's that satisfying - and that demanding.

There are lots of wonderful actors doing animated films these days, but I prefer it when you can't recognise them - it means they've really become the character.

We're in a world that celebrates things: success, beauty, money. And I reckon that's really about 4 per cent of the world. The rest of us are just getting on with it.

You read about poor people having Botox go wrong and you think: 'Well, what the bloody hell were you doing?' Why would you inject yourself with poison? And why are we spending so much time looking at ourselves? I just don't get it.