19 Lindsay Duncan Quotes for You to Enjoy

Lindsay Duncan

Scottish Actress

Born: Nov 7, 1950

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I was the suburban kid of Scottish parents, and the idea of an acting career was so beyond my experience. I didn't even know there were drama schools until a friend told me. Lindsay Duncan

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I suppose because I do and can work in the theatre, I don't see work as closing down as an older woman. Lindsay Duncan

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Deep down, I think I would be utterly miserable in Hollywood. Lindsay Duncan

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That kind of creaming off the pretty postcard image of the past, I think, is a road to nowhere. Lindsay Duncan

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You're not cast because you're like someone or because you're sympathetic to them. You're cast because you can act. Lindsay Duncan

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I would rather give up acting than become world famous, because I think you pay a very high price. Writing and putting new plays out into the world has informed what I do, and I've had a lot more freedom to play really interesting parts. Lindsay Duncan

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I desperately wanted to play the part of Darth Vader's mother - I think she ended up being played by a Scandinavian actress - because my son was completely crazy about 'Star Wars.' Lindsay Duncan

My mother was always deeply attracted to anything medical, and I think she would have loved me to have been a doctor. My father was in the army for 21 years, came out just before I was born. There was no history of showbusiness on either side of the family, but they were completely supportive. Lindsay Duncan

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I've always had not just an affection but a real love for the theater family in New York, and I really feel it is a family. I'm so touched by the generosity of everyone there. Lindsay Duncan

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I loved 'Homeland' - it's such an intriguing, intelligent piece of television, and I am fascinated by them making a hero and heroine that are so odd, so flawed and so complicated. It is a programme that really draws you in. Lindsay Duncan

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My background is really being a writer's actor - that seems to be the way I work best, bringing out the best of writing. There's a whole range of acting skills, and some people can be astonishing with very poor material. That's not me; my skill is essentially unlocking the writing. Lindsay Duncan

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I do feel almost violent when I'm watching things that I don't think are good enough. I get furious for the audience. I want to say to them, 'This play is not supposed to be like this. They've got it completely wrong. You should be electrified by this.' Lindsay Duncan

My parents' generation was definitely pre-telly, and they knew how to entertain each other. Everybody knew something that they could do - a song or a poem, or a piece of music. At school, I remember being a cat and then a budgie and then a bumble bee. I obviously thought all that was marvelous. Lindsay Duncan

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I don't perform well in private. Socially, I mean. And I didn't as a child. Actors aren't necessarily outgoing, are they? Lindsay Duncan

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