45 Quotes by Rita Tushingham

I started backstage, making the tea, looking after the actors, doing stage management for two years.

One day, I read in the newspaper they were looking for an unknown for the film of 'A Taste of Honey.' They auditioned over 2,000 girls for the part of Jo - not as many as they did for 'Annie,' at any rate.

People always say, 'Oh, you've played a lot of waifs... ' but they were just girls. It's just that a lot of those everyday characters had never been on the screen before. I do hope I didn't get typed. I feel myself that I tried to do different things with those women.

My biggest fault? I guess it's a lack of patience - not when I'm working, but when I'm not working.

It is important to have a base in life, and from that base you can enjoy it. To me the base is family.

Your profession should give you enjoyment, but it should never be your life.

I have never been drunk in my life, and I don't expect I ever will be.

I hate my name. Especially In Liverpool, when they say Hey, Reet... ' it sounds even worse. I don't think of myself as Rita Tushingham, but my mother'd have a fit if I changed it.

I like to garden, particularly mowing grass.