62 Quotes by Janet McTeer

Yes, I was slightly outside everything when I was growing up. My mother jokes that I was exchanged at birth. She brought us up to have traditional values. She was absolutely not part of the '60s generation.

I have become a marketing tool and I feel very uncomfortable with that. There's no space for me to express myself.

I do mostly British projects, and for family reasons and life reasons Britain's my home, where I have a lovely garden.

I have very girly hands and I use them a lot when I talk in a way that I think is very feminine.

Put a Post-It note on your mirror that says: 'Someone has to succeed. There's no reason why it shouldn't be me.' Repeat before every audition.

It's naive to think there is a woman in the world who isn't brought up to believe that they are waiting for their soul mate. You even see it in Disney.

I did 'Tumbleweeds' for fun. I did it because I loved it and I hardly even got paid.

I just want people to focus on the performance.

I was very nervous about the accent. I was very nervous about being an American.