In my heart of hearts, I love theatre. It’s the joy and terror of putting a play on, the creativity of it. It is infinitely harder than film and television and more tiring. Your performance is heightened in the way it isn’t with film. Janet McTeer Read Quote
I find strong roles really interesting. Usually, that means the character is also clever. Janet McTeer Read Quote
I love the way we do theatre in London: I love the fact that everybody is trained. Janet McTeer Read Quote
You have to capitalise on any success you have and keep doing what you do as well as you can. But how do you define success? In my book, it’s to be playing those parts you saw your idols – Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Helen Mirren, Vanessa Redgrave – playing when they were the age you are now. Janet McTeer Read Quote
I’m always amazed when anybody remembers anything of my work, and even more so when I get nominated for something I’ve done. For many years, I was like a horse wearing a pair of blinkers as far as using these awards or nominations in order to boost my career was concerned. Janet McTeer Read Quote
I suppose that there might have been leading men who were put off from casting me as the ingenue because I was taller than they were, but I’ve no idea that this ever happened. When I did ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ opposite Mark Rylance in the West End, we used the difference in our heights as part of their relationship. Janet McTeer Read Quote
I’ve always thought it’s the qualities of a person that matter. Not their breed, their shape, their color, their sexual preference, age… It’s the qualities of their character. Janet McTeer Read Quote
British independent television is exactly the same as independent cinema. Very low budget, interesting, cutting edge stuff. Janet McTeer Read Quote
