Acting’s incredibly enjoyable, but sometimes it doesn’t feel quite enough. I’ve also written a script about the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine. This will make me sound like a female Kenneth Branagh, but I can’t think of anything nicer than directing myself from a script I wrote. Honeysuckle Weeks Read Quote
It’s really good to have so distinctive a name as an actress. No one ever forgets it. My sister and brother are called Perdita and Rollo. Actually, my family calls me ‘Hollyhocks.’ Honeysuckle Weeks Read Quote
When ‘Foyle’s War’ ended in 2010 after seven series, I was sad but not despondent. After all, ITV had already axed the show once in 2007, then brought it back due to public demand. Honeysuckle Weeks Read Quote
All my grandparents and great aunts and uncle love ‘Foyle’s War.’ They all lived through the war and love to see it reconstructed so authentically. Honeysuckle Weeks Read Quote
Politics is not a game for naive thinkers. You may go in as an idealist, but you certainly won’t come out as one. Honeysuckle Weeks Read Quote
My health is important to me. I run with my dog, twice or three times a week. Honeysuckle Weeks Read Quote
In many ways, I was born a hundred years too late. I often feel out of kilter with the modern world. Honeysuckle Weeks Read Quote
WI played a young Helena Bonham Carter in a BBC film called ‘A Dark Adapted Eye,’ and I thought she was a completely spellbinding person. Totally unmoved by other people’s expectations, fashions or opinions. She’s probably the coolest English actress there is. Incredibly idiosyncratic. Honeysuckle Weeks Read Quote
