I told them I wouldn't sign a blank cheque. Glenda Jackson More Quotes by Glenda Jackson More Quotes From Glenda Jackson One hell of an outlay for a very small return, with most of them. Glenda Jackson themsmallhellreturn My job is to see the world through the character's eyes. Glenda Jackson eyesjobcharacterworld Our job is to unleash the play. It's not just about your character or interaction with the other characters. There's an energy in all good plays which you have to find. And that is part and parcel of ensuring that an audience gets what it's about. Glenda Jackson jobgoodyoucharacter I studiously avoid any academic dissections of the play and any kind of previous experience of playing. For me, it's all in the play. Glenda Jackson avoidmeexperienceplay I've always said the first duty of life is to live it, and I do believe that. And we delude ourselves if we think it's not going to end. How we individually meet that, I think, is entirely individual. Glenda Jackson endthinklifebelieve It always amazed me - it still does - that people offer me work. And when the theater was my basic bread and butter, every time a show finished, I was convinced I would never work again. Glenda Jackson meworktimepeople Usually, if there is a woman's part in a piece, there's only one, so you've got no other actresses to work with. Glenda Jackson womanonlyyouwork The best theater is trying to tell the truth, and the best politics is trying to tell the truth. Glenda Jackson bestpoliticstruthtrying My fear with 'Lear' was that I would not have the physical or vocal strength. But this play, it's all in your head. That was one of the really interesting things when we were rehearsing it: We were all exhausted because it was all up here. Glenda Jackson yourstrengthfearplay If a woman is successful, then she's deemed to be the exception that proves the rule. If a woman fails, well, we're all failures. That kind of underlying approach to our gender doesn't seem to me to have changed an iota. Glenda Jackson shewomanmegender
