Jane Horrocks Quotes

• When I think of Marilyn Monroe, and achieving her sound, I think of having a rather large bust. I think of her physically and I am just able to create her sound, because her physicality was so much to do with her sound.

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• 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.

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• My own singing voice is not very good and I don’t think that anybody really sings in their own voice.

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• 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.

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• Mimicking people was something I did already.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• I just find it thrilling, especially when I totally lock in to the person that I am doing and I’m really flying… I suppose I am hiding myself when I sing as these other people.

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• I found that I could make people laugh doing people like Shirley Bassey. Fortunately it worked.

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• I find singing as somebody else very liberating, it just frees me up.

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• I don’t think that I want to meet any of the icons. I don’t think that anybody can quite live up to your expectations.

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• I can’t read a note of music. I just do it all from ear.

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Jane Horrocks (12)

Birth:	18th January, 1964
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Actress, Singer, Voice Artist

About

Barbara Jane Horrocks was born in Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England. She is an English actress, voice artist and singer. She was nominated for the 1993 Olivier Award for Best Actress for the title role in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, and received Golden Globe and BAFTA Award nominations when she reprised the role in the 1998 film Little Voice. She studied at Oldham College and Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Her role in several films include: The Dressmaker, Getting It Right, The Witches, Life Is Sweet, Faeries(voice), Corpse Bride(voice), Tinker Bell(voice), Sunshine on Leith, Born Romantic, and Absolutely Fabulous. She released her album, The Further Adventures Of Little Voice in 2000. Her songs list shown below: "Hello Dolly", "Dream a Little Dream", "Just in Time", "You're Just in Love", "Crazy", and "Once I Loved".

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