Rachel Ward Quotes

• Life’s not that simple. Not so easy to move on when the anger you’ve got is what keeps you going.

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  Topics in Life

• There’s very little bohemia in Australia and it’s one of the things I miss most about not living in Europe.

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  Tags in Bohemia, Miss

• Writers are very much undervalued in the creative process.

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  Tags in Undervalue, Creative, Process

• I always tell young actors to have a back-up. You don’t want to find yourself at the age of 30 still struggling to make a living out of acting.

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  Tags in Actor, Struggling

• I’ve been as critically rubbished as acclaimed and the worst thing about that is that it usually plays into your own self-criticism.

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  Tags in Critically

• You’re in a movie because you’re appealing and because you represent the aspiration, the fantasy, the ideal.

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  Tags in Aspiration, Fantasy, ideal

• When I wanted to be an actress, I never wanted really to be the kind of actress I became.

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  Tags in Actress, Wanted

• I remember having to take detours around the Hollywood sign to avoid having to see this grotesque poster of myself on Sunset Boulevard.

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  Tags in Detours, Remember

• I got pigeonholed a bit. When I wanted to be an actress, I never wanted to be the kind of actress I became.

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  Tags in Actress, Wanted

• Having done something like The Thorn Birds gives you enormous longevity. You can keep picking and choosing the roles for a bit longer.

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  Tags in Enormous, Longevity

• All anything takes, really, is confidence.

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  Topics in Confidence

Rachel Ward (11)

Birth:	12th September, 1957
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Actress, Filmmaker, Screenwriter

About

Rachel Claire Ward is a British actress, columnist, film director, and screenwriter who has primarily pursued her career in Australia.
Rachel Ward was born in Cornwell near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, the daughter of Claire Leonora and the Hon. Peter Alistair Ward.Her grandfathers were William Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley and the cricketer Giles Baring; Ward is also the great-granddaughter of William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, Governor-General of  Australia 1908–11, and sister of environmental campaigner and former actress Tracy Louise Ward, Marchioness of Worcester.

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