Well it's hard to bracket it like that because everyone always thinks you either go to America and you come back, fail or succeed, but it doesn't work like that. Anna Friel More Quotes by Anna Friel More Quotes From Anna Friel For me personally, everything is on a kiss. Anna Friel kiss-mekissing It's really important to draw the line on what we do as actors. Anna Friel linesactorsimportant I've always chosen incredibly different roles and things that are quite offbeat. That way you're not limited. Anna Friel rolesdifferentway When I was younger I thought I'd meet the man of my dreams, get married and have a child, but it all went higgledy-piggledy. Never say never, though. Anna Friel dreammenchildren Being a mother gives you an incredible feeling of empowerment, you think if I can go through such pain and that level of sleep and still operate and not be grumpy you can do anything. It can be quite scary, you can't function your brain, forget your vocabulary. Anna Friel painmothersleep It's so important to raise awareness of this problem that continues to affect 1 in 4 women at some point in their lifetime, regardless of career, wealth or background. Anna Friel domestic-violencecareersimportant These women need to feel that we're all aware of what they may be going through, to give them the confidence to speak out. Anna Friel domestic-violencespeaks-outgiving Eternity to a child offers goodness, and eternal life to a man is essentially corrupting because it involves a certain amount of vanity to embrace it. Anna Friel vanitymenchildren And the most important thing - apart from telling a good, believable story, and being a true character - is to be someone the audience will care about, even if you're playing a murderer or rapist. Anna Friel importantstoriescharacter The doctors say it dates back to a film where I had these huge prosthetic breasts because my character was breast-feeding. The weight of them, and of the baby, did my back in. Anna Friel girlbabycharacter You can see when an actor gets bored: Their eyes go dead. I promised myself I'd never let that happen. If it does, I'll go and live on a desert island for a year. Anna Friel eyeislandsyears I'd like to put the record straight about that. I've been labelled an irresponsible role model for young mothers, but none of it is true. I couldn't even walk for two weeks after the birth, let alone exercise. I ate very healthily all the way through my pregnancy and afterwards. I didn't do anything extreme. Anna Friel motherexercisepregnancy Well ironically my last three roles have all been a mother. One was a Canadian film where the baby was taken away because she is a drug addict, in Irish Jam I play a mother to a four year old. I think in the future I'll be able to handle the role with a lot more depth. Anna Friel takenmotherbaby I've got the best lead man, I really love my lead man. Anna Friel men I've never been onstage in my life. Anna Friel I was just disciplined. I knew I had to get back into shape after six weeks for the film Goal II, but I cheated in the end - I wore a corset. I loved my pregnancy, I blossomed. I felt goddess-like and very secure. I found it comforting to have a little thing growing inside me, and very calming. Anna Friel goalcomfortingpregnancy Now learning a bit more about footballers I think what they need to do well, is someone who really wants to stay in the background and just be a strong support. Anna Friel stay-strongsupportthinking Onstage, there's no hiding; you either can or can't act. There's no second take. Anna Friel hiding I've been onstage once for one performance with four days' rehearsal. Anna Friel rehearsalfourperformances My whole family is quite petite, so I have good genes on my side. But I find it quite tiresome that we have to keep talking about sizes and how much weight we can lose. Anna Friel sizesidestalking
