I try to keep the more uninteresting stuff to a minimum, unless I’m really broke. Lesley Manville Read Quote
For me, personality acting is not that interesting. I don’t want to just be myself. Lesley Manville Read Quote
I think that distributors and marketing companies realise that there are a huge number of women over 40 who want to go the cinema and see films about themselves. Women of my age don’t want to be force-fed with stuff about 25-year-olds. Lesley Manville Read Quote
With learning lines, before I had Alfie, I’d put it off and think, ‘Oh, I’ll just have a glass of wine and then do it later,’ but when you’ve finally got a child to bed and you know you’ve only got an hour, then you achieve so much. Lesley Manville Read Quote
Oh, there’s so much ego with men; in their head, they can’t possibly think about Tesco’s when they are doing Othello. Er, why not? They want to think that they are such geniuses they can’t muddy their day with domesticity, and I’ve got no truck with it whatsoever. Lesley Manville Read Quote
I hate that thing that if you are over 45, and you’re going to be on telly or make films, you have to do all this stupid stuff to your face. I would no more let someone stick a needle in my forehead than fly to the moon. Lesley Manville Read Quote
For me, the times in my life when I’ve been single have been more formative and crucial than I could have imagined. I can cope, function and be happy on my own. I’m highly capable. That doesn’t mean I don’t like being with a partner, or that I don’t feel more rounded when I’m with someone. But the times on my own have been so good. Lesley Manville Read Quote
It gets easier as you get older because life deals its particular hand, and our experiences get deeper, richer, more profound. When I gave birth to my son, something happened. It is a huge thing for a woman: a whole set of emotions you never had before arrives, and a love you never had before in your life is now on tap. Lesley Manville Read Quote
I quite like that people tend not to know my name. I remember being at the Cannes film festival for ‘All or Nothing.’ I looked very different in the film – I had a little greasy bob and no makeup. I went to a dinner after the screening, and everyone completely ignored me. I got a real buzz out of that. Lesley Manville Read Quote
