A friend of mine rang the box office to collect a ticket I’d reserved for her, and the girl said, ‘Who’s Lesley Manville?’ Lesley Manville Read Quote
Hollywood… that’s not going to be my niche at all. If anyone is going wants to work with me, I would think it’s going to be independent films. I’m not 22! Lesley Manville Read Quote
I’ve reached a point in England where you can’t go much further; I would love to come to America and work with some of the interesting directors here. Lesley Manville Read Quote
For Kitty Gilbert in ‘Topsy-Turvy,’ I had to get to the point where I could improvise in the style of 1880, which is difficult. The research for that was huge. Lesley Manville Read Quote
In 1990, I was in ‘The Three Sisters’ at the Royal Court and won the Clarence Derwent award for my supporting role as Natasha – the prize was £100. I could have paid the gas bill, but I ended up buying a porcelain and silver Bavarian coffee set in an antiques shop in Penzance. Lesley Manville Read Quote
Corinne Bailey Rae I listen to a lot, and I’ll hear Desert Island Discs and quickly write down the name of a song, and it will open up a new area of music for me. I discovered an Argentinian guitarist, Jose Luis Bieito, on Classic FM. Lesley Manville Read Quote
You’ve got to take responsibility for your own actions. We all know people who reach rock bottom. However much that they’re told that what they’re doing is harming their own life or whatever, you cannot make someone do it unless that person reaches the point where they know that they have to deal with it themselves. Lesley Manville Read Quote
Anyone who has to write an obituary for me one day will probably say, ‘She did absolute depths of agony really well.’ I’m not, however, an unhappy person. Lesley Manville Read Quote
I had this exceptional classical music voice. If I’d followed a true path for my talent, I would have ended up being an opera singer. Lesley Manville Read Quote
The more life you have, the more it’s in your pores, the more able you are to be creative as an artist. Lesley Manville Read Quote
