Penelope Wilton Quotes

• The trouble with anyone when they're unhappy or in a relationship they recognize is not working but don't know what to do about is that they can't see farther out than that. If the relationship is not working, if what was there isn't there anymore, you have to do something about it.

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  Unhappy, Trouble, Knows

  "'The Best Exotic Marigold' star Penelope Wilton". Interview with John Clark, www.sfgate.com. April 29, 2012.

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• I am drawn to characters that go on journeys, characters that are real people, that have life.

  Penelope Wilton

  Real, Character, Journey

  "Unspoken worlds" by Gareth McLean, www.theguardian.com. October 25, 2007.

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• Acting attracts shy people and show-offs.

  Penelope Wilton

  People, Acting, Shy

  "Unspoken worlds" by Gareth McLean, www.theguardian.com. October 25, 2007.

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• You need to keep on doing things you have never done before in your career. You have to have a go.

  Penelope Wilton

  Careers, Needs, Done

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• I have spent my whole life educating myself.

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  Whole Life, Whole

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• I've never lost a grown-up child, but I have known loss.

  Penelope Wilton

  Children, Loss, Lost

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• I don't tell everyone my life history because if everyone knows your inside-leg measurement, how can you surprise them?

  Penelope Wilton

  Legs, Measurement, Surprise

  "Unspoken worlds" by Gareth McLean, www.theguardian.com. October 25, 2007.

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• You don't go to a comedy and try to laugh. You laugh in spite of yourself. You don't just come on stage and cry. Something has pushed you to cry.

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  Laughing, Trying, Comedy

  "A study in emotion" by Kate Kellaway, www.theguardian.com. September 29, 2001.

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• When you play someone who is an iconic figure you can't go into it lightly.

  Penelope Wilton

  Play, Figures, Iconic

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• I've learnt to listen. I don't think I always did listen.

  Penelope Wilton

  Thinking

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• I've had very close relationships with some twentieth-century writers.

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  Century, Close Relationship, Twentieth Century

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• You can't look at people being crucified. Even if you know it is just pretend.

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  People, Looks, Knows

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• Some people will never change.

  Penelope Wilton

  People, Never Change

  "'The Best Exotic Marigold' star Penelope Wilton". Interview with John Clark, www.sfgate.com. April 29, 2012.

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• Mostly in life people are trying not to have emotions.

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  People, Trying, Emotion

  "A study in emotion" by Kate Kellaway, www.theguardian.com. September 29, 2001.

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• It's true, I've become one of those grumpy older women.

  Penelope Wilton

  Grumpy, Older Women

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• I love the drive from York to Whitby over the moors - one of the great journeys, in my book.

  Penelope Wilton

  Book, Journey, Great Journeys

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• In my life, I've had estates in Russia, houses in Spain, in Norway, in the deep south of America.

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  Russia, America, House

  "Unspoken worlds" by Gareth McLean, www.theguardian.com. October 25, 2007.

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• People in distress behave in a stressful way. They aren't all sweetness and light. They don't behave well when they are unhappy. That's just what I've observed.

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  Light, People, Unhappy

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• I’ve learnt to listen. I don’t think I always did listen. Not just in plays, but in life. And you have to hear what people are saying before you can respond.

  Penelope Wilton

  Thinking, Play, People

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