Brenda Blethyn Quotes

• I always considered myself very successful even before the success of Secrets and Lies.

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• Before every performance, I think I am about to keel over.

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• Everyone the world over talks about British actors and British talent and I think that’s because we were trained – until now – in theatre.

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• I always think 12 times before saying anything.

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• Being a secretary was considered a very good job in those days.

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• I hate that people think going to the theatre is a special occasion. I wish people would treat it as normally as going to the cinema.

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• Anything where people have to work together makes me cry.

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• Even if I hadn’t have been nominated for an Oscar, to have won the Golden Glove was just fantastic.

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• I knew Secrets and Lies was a great film, but I didn’t expect it to get the attention it did because none of his other films had and I thought they were just as good.

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• I like the enthusiasm but not the insincerity of Los Angeles.

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• I’ve done a lot of costume drama and theatre – the National Theatre and In fact, most of my work at the theatre, at the National Theatre anyway, was period.

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• It’s the same as any role and I find that you can’t lump characters together; because they all have different life experiences, different reasons for being the way they are.

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  I’ve made six films since I made Secrets and Lies but I still live in London and I’d love to do theater.

   

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• I think behind closed doors people behave differently no matter what period we’re looking at, because people have to stand up straight in public but can slouch behind closed doors – can you imagine wearing those corsets?

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• I love silence.

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• I think people often confuse success with fame and stardom.

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• People say to me that I can’t be nervous because I’ve had such a wealth of experience, but I tell them that I have never done this particular part before.

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• The academy awards in England; it’s a classy affair as well.

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• When I left drama school, there were dozens of rep theatres you could apply to where you got a good training.

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• In fact at home I sometimes like to be quiet and hear the sounds of the world outside.

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Brenda Blethyn (24)

Birth:	20th February, 1946
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Actress

About

Brenda Blethyn was born in Ramsgate, Kent, England. She is an English actress who has worked in theatre, television and film, best known for her role in Mike Leigh's 1996 drama Secrets & Lies. Blethyn has received two Academy Award nominations, two SAG Award nominations, two Emmy Award nominations and three Golden Globe Award nominations, winning one. In addition, she has won a BAFTA, an Empire Award and a Golden Lion and has earned a Theatre World Award and both a Critics' Circle Theatre Award and a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for her theatrical work.

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