Jennifer Ehle Professions : Film actressBorn : December 29, 1969 Browse All Authors Top 19 quotes by Jennifer Ehle There is a cost that comes with moving schools so often and it's not what I want for my son when he gets older, but it did make me very adaptable. I became aware of what was missing from the social structure of each class that I arrived in, and made sure to fill that gap. Jennifer Ehle schoolsonmoving People used to always ask, and I would say I wanted to be an actress. When they would ask why, I would say because my mother has so much fun. Jennifer Ehle motherfunpeople I am an American. I adore Britain and have a strong English half, but my roots are here in the U.S. - it is not a matter of choice; it is simply fact. Jennifer Ehle choicesstrongroots You know what else I've learnt? That it's all right not to ride the crest of the wave. Every time a wave comes along I retreat, and I haven't come to any harm yet. Jennifer Ehle retreatwaveharm My natural accent is American. I chose to speak with a U.K. accent when I was about to enter the final year at drama school in London. I was going to try to find a way to stay in the U.K. after I finished college and could not imagine trying to live and get work there with an American accent. Jennifer Ehle collegedramaschool I started so slowly and had so few followers and then it kind of sort of snowballed. I still feel an intimacy on Twitter, which I think a lot of us do. It feels intimate, doesn't it? I love it. I never thought I would. Jennifer Ehle followerskindthinking I don't mind being an only child; never have. I am lucky, though, that I have my friend Emily, who grew-up very close to me and so, there is someone I have shared memories with. I would miss that if I didn't have it, I think. Jennifer Ehle memorieschildrenthinking I distanced myself, relatively, from my parents for a year or so in my late twenties. It was necessary for me to feel my autonomy. Other than that brief gap, we have always been a very close family. Jennifer Ehle twentiesparentyears After 'The Real Thing,' I thought about giving up acting because it's difficult to have a rich life outside your work when you're an actress, a private life that can survive being picked up and put down. That's what I thought, anyway. Jennifer Ehle rich-lifegiving-upreal I never thought in a million years that I would do a weekly series. Jennifer Ehle clappingseriesyears So much of my life is not about work and that is usually mainly what I do tweet about. We live a very quiet life. Jennifer Ehle tweetlife-isquiet I am determined that nothing but the deepest love could ever induce me into matrimony. Jennifer Ehle matrimonydeterminedprejudice The Old Vic is a beautiful theater to work in. It's quite a large house, but it has a feeling of intimacy. Jennifer Ehle feelinghouseworkbeautiful I really never get recognized at all for anything. Jennifer Ehle reallyanythinggetnever It's very unusual for scenes to be added for a character. Jennifer Ehle scenesveryunusualcharacter I wish I'd not taken off all my clothes in my first television series, 'The Camomile Lawn.' Jennifer Ehle i-wishclotheswishtelevision There's never been a game plan, and I suppose I've had an uneasy relationship with my ambition. Someone who had been in my year at drama school once said to me that I was terrifyingly ambitious back then. Which was not at all what I felt at the time - I felt paralysed with shyness, though that evaporated. Jennifer Ehle gamemetimerelationship What's the point of doing a brilliant Hedda Gabler in my back garden if no one will ever see it? Jennifer Ehle willdoingbackgarden If I print something out, I just spend all my time trying to find where I've put it down. Jennifer Ehle finddowntimetrying Similar Authors Isabella Rossellini film-actress Izabella Scorupco film-actress Betty Buckley film-actress Bipasha Basu film-actress Butterfly McQueen film-actress Bryce Dallas Howard film-actressAll Authors
