From the very start, if there was a spotlight, I would step into it. My parents wondered what to do with this insufferable show-off. They chose acting for me, and I’m very grateful I can still make a living from it. Honeysuckle Weeks Read Quote
I think Emily Blunt is definitely our finest young female English export. She has an uncanny grace. Honeysuckle Weeks Read Quote
Of course, it’s wonderful to film any period piece – but especially ‘Foyle’s War’ because the art direction is so imaginative and yet at the same time so real. You can open a drawer on set, and even though the camera never sees what’s inside, it’ll be filled with genuine 1940s documents. Honeysuckle Weeks Read Quote
My uncle worked in emergency wards dealing with people who came in with terrible injuries. He talked about the sketch shows they would put on to lighten the atmosphere. You often find this sense of grim humor in hospitals. The injuries people are suffering are ghastly. You have to laugh at something or you’d otherwise cry. Honeysuckle Weeks Read Quote
My dad had a small suitcase stuffed with photos, mementoes from wherever he’d traveled as a Royal Navy gunner. Not that he gunned very much, as it turned out. I’d haul it out and go through it time and time again. Honeysuckle Weeks Read Quote
I do cook a lot for myself. I tend to cook from scratch, a lot of stews and things, lots of beans, because beans have got lots of protein in them but not fat. I am partial to a bit of cheese – I try to limit myself in my cheese intake, but I do enjoy a good smelly cheese. Stinking Bishop is a good one. Honeysuckle Weeks Read Quote
London is not a healthy place. I feel much healthier when I’m living in the countryside or, indeed, anywhere out of London. When I go back to the countryside to visit my mother, I get out of the car, and suddenly there’s great wafts of fresh air. Honeysuckle Weeks Read Quote
I tried doing yoga, but I have dislocating shoulders, one of which has been pinned, so I find things such as yoga and pilates, where you have to stretch quite high up with your arms and things, quite difficult. Honeysuckle Weeks Read Quote
My father was a tyrant about reading, and that put me off books when I was little. Honeysuckle Weeks Read Quote
I loved the energy of Dublin and the fact that it’s so close to the sea, with beauty spots such as Howth so close to hand. Honeysuckle Weeks Read Quote
