25 Julie Walters Quotes for You to Enjoy

Julie Walters

British Actress

Born: Feb 22, 1950

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Sixty felt like a big landmark. Not in a dreadful sense, but none of the other birthdays have bothered me. It's got labels on it - OAP, retirement - and I just wanted to take stock. I wanted to be in my greenhouse at home and at least give myself the opportunity of not working again. Julie Walters

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The money isn't a lure. I've done very well out of this business. Julie Walters

Business Money Out Well Very Done Lure

That's why I'm an actress - escaping into a world. Julie Walters

World Escaping Actress Why

My grandmother lived with us for a short time while I was a child. Old people tend to be slightly more eccentric - they can behave the way they want. Julie Walters

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It seems that when you get to a certain age you almost give yourself permission to misbehave and say what you think. People allow it, with very old people. Julie Walters

You Age Yourself People Old Think Say Give Seems Misbehave Allow Almost Permission Very Get Old People Certain Certain Age

I'm writing a novel about two actresses who go to New York, because that's what I know about. One has lost touch with reality, disappears and is picked up by a man. Julie Walters

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I wanted above all else not to be like my mum. Julie Walters

Else Above Like Wanted Mum

I never wanted to become an actress because I'd read great literature or seen great Shakespeare. It was more just wanting to understand what the people were really like, why they said all the strange things they did. Julie Walters

Great Strange People Seen Become Great Literature Shakespeare More Never Like Read Because Understand Said Were Did Just Wanted Wanting Literature Really Strange Things Actress Why Things

I don't like being out of the crowd. It's lonely within a group. Julie Walters

Lonely Group Out Crowd Like Within Being

I didn't come into the business to get awards or titles. Julie Walters

Business Come Get Titles Awards

I'll tell you how it happened. The phone rang. Paul, my agent, goes, 'Would you like to play Meryl Streep's?' I said, 'Yeeees! I'll do it, whatever it is.' He said, 'It's Mamma Mia!.' I said, 'Oh no, which character? The fat friend? Julie Walters

It wasn't being an alcoholic - it was going wild. It happened when I got famous. It was like having my teens in my early thirties: blotting out your life, not having to think about anything. Julie Walters

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I was the little, funny one. I felt I was the child among grown women. Julie Walters

Funny Women Felt Child Little Grown Among

My mother was born on a tiny farm in County Mayo. She was meant to stay at home and look after the farm while her brother and sister got an education. However, she came to England on a visit and never went back. Julie Walters

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There is this idea that appealing to youth is the only way forward. But that is no longer the case. Youth is not everything. Now we have all the baby-boomers in their 60s, like me, who are actively engaged in life - we're not retiring, we're not just being put out to grass once we hit 60. Julie Walters

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We have to take risks with art. If we don't, it all becomes a bit boring. Julie Walters

Art Risks Bit Boring Take Becomes

It's getting better generally, daily, especially in TV, for women in acting; and age and looks count less. As more women come into the business. Change of any sort takes a long time to happen. Julie Walters

Along the way I have been able to choose some themes which ask questions - not necessarily force a message on anyone, but at least invite the audience to question things: jury service, dignity in dying, Ireland - and not least because they force me to ask myself questions. Where do I stand? Julie Walters

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Debate is so much better than denial. Julie Walters

Better Denial Debate Than Much

In order to be creative you have to be allowed to fail. Julie Walters

You Creative Allowed Fail Order

Some of the most interesting questions needing to be asked today can best be asked on television, or on stage, and they can be wonderful, great dramas, but they won't necessarily be blockbusters. Julie Walters

Today Best Great Wonderful Stage Dramas Television Some Most Blockbusters Questions Interesting Asked Necessarily Needing

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