22 Quotes by Jane Horrocks

Mike Leigh encourages you to choose a person that you know to base your character on. You write a whole list of people that you know and you go through that list in great depth with him. And then he chooses one of those people from your list.

My earliest acting memory is making up a play for my mom and dad called The Lonesome Baby. I have no idea what The Lonesome Baby was about. I just remember the title. But I'm sure it was an epic.

Usually, certainly British singers, adopt an American accent when they sing and I think that usually people are thinking of somebody else, but I just think of very specific people.

Having someone else to blame when there is a rude smell in the air.

Quiet, quiet people become intriguing when they're dramatized.

I don't really like using my own voice.

The character was so desperate herself that she related to all those singers. I particularly like those singers. They were my favorites.

The first thing that I do for a character is choose the voice. I try and think of someone that I know that's like that. And then just work around.

I think that if you idealise someone for so long, they can only disappoint and I wouldn’t want to be disappointed by those people.