51 Quotes by Miranda Richardson

I have no idea what my persona would be. As far as I'm concerned, I'm changing all the time.

Insecurity, commonly regarded as a weakness in normal people, is the basic tool of the actor's trade.

I carry music in my head, so I don't need more. It drives me nuts that, in hotels or on boats, people seem to think you need music 24 hours a day.

Feminism was a dirty word for a while.

The writing is the springboard for your intuitive stuff and then you see, maybe a colour of what you want to achieve. Then you bring in the technique you've learnt. But when you're on film, you're not always in control of that. That's what makes me believe in a kind of collective unconscious, a sort of experience you draw on.

I'm not someone who can lie on a beach and do nothing. I am not sure what you are supposed to do, so I get bored. I prefer to have a purpose, such as going to Alaska to see orca whales.

You cant please all the people all the time.

I wouldn't want to go back to my 20s; they were pretty angst-laden times.

If I don't believe in a role, I can't pull it off.