Everyone wants instant everything, and they want instant success, but I always think you should treat things in the arts like a garden, and let them grow. Penelope Keith Read Quote
I think I’m a better actress for having friends and interests outside the theatre. I wouldn’t want to live my life surrounded by other actors all the time. Penelope Keith Read Quote
In this great age of communication, there a lot of people you can’t actually understand. I know everyone tweets, and twits and texts and all that, but actually we’ve all got voices, and it is awfully nice to hear them and if you can understand what people are saying. Penelope Keith Read Quote
Young people don’t want to sit at home and watch television; they’d sooner be out doing their own thing. Penelope Keith Read Quote
The character I play in Star Quality says acting is the be-all and end-all of her life. I’m not like that. I do enjoy working and I give every job my best shot but I never feel, What on Earth am I going to do now? Penelope Keith Read Quote
I plant a lot of trees. I am a great believer in planting things for future generations. I loathe the now culture where you just live for today. Penelope Keith Read Quote
We have this wonderful language and we don’t appreciate it. That’s old-fashioned me, but when I went to school, everyone had elocution lessons, not to sound posh but so you could be understood. Penelope Keith Read Quote
A lot of people have it – that fantasy of being lord or lady of the manor, either in the present or at some time in history. Penelope Keith Read Quote
