Film was something I didn’t really think about when I was young, because if you looked like me, you weren’t a film star. Eileen Atkins Read Quote
My parents felt so uncomfortable coming to the kind of theater I was in; they had nothing to say about it. Eileen Atkins Read Quote
On the street where I lived, they almost didn’t know the word ‘university,’ and my mother was simply appalled when it was suggested to her that I was to go to a drama college. Eileen Atkins Read Quote
People assume I’m posh because I’m one of the acting dames. I grew up in Tottenham and didn’t used to speak like I do now. Eileen Atkins Read Quote
I think most British people who say they can do an American accent are so bad at it. I find it excruciating. I find it excruciating the other way around, too. Eileen Atkins Read Quote
