When I think of the future, I think of doing my washing so I've something to wear tomorrow. Julie Walters More Quotes by Julie Walters More Quotes From Julie Walters It seems that when you get to a certain age you almost give yourself permission to misbehave and say what you think. People allow it, with very old people. Julie Walters birthday people thinking There were people asking 'Can women be funny?' People still ask that. It's like asking: 'Can women breathe in and out?' Julie Walters breathe asking people I don't know if you can change things, but it's a drop in the ocean. Julie Walters ocean change knows Debate is so much better than denial. Julie Walters debate denial I keep seeing myself in my daughter, and I see my mother in me and in her. Bloody hell. Julie Walters hell daughter mother It's getting better but men still earn more and there are more jobs for them. Ageism is a big thing. Parts for women disappear as you get older. Julie Walters get-better jobs men Suddenly, you are very much in the present, and you learn it's really the place where you should always live. Julie Walters should I'm massively talented, and very, very beautiful in person; the public don't really realise that. Julie Walters realising persons beautiful I wanted above all else not to be like my mum. Julie Walters mum wanted I was asked about doing a nude shoot for men's magazine GQ. I thought it was the funniest thing I'd ever heard. Julie Walters magazines men funny I read "Pride and Prejudice" [by Jane Austen]. I was gobsmacked by it - it's so funny and so modern. Unbelievable. You don't expect funny to come through after 200 years - humor doesn't transcend decades, let alone centuries. Julie Walters prejudice pride years I'm more selective now I've got a family. I don't want to work all the time. My daughter's 12; I don't want to miss out on her life. Soon she'll be a teenager; she won't want me around. Julie Walters teenager daughter mother Everyone comes up to me saying, 'Cooee, Julie! Hello!' as if I know them. Of course I don't bloody know them. Am I flummoxed by it? Sometimes. I think, 'Ooh, love, go easy.' For a time, I did feel this pressure that I had to be funny, but it passes. Julie Walters hello pressure thinking Self worth is everything. Without it life is a misery. Julie Walters misery self-worth self I can understand why people get annoyed at being remembered for one thing, but a lot of actors aren't remembered for anything. I don't mind that. Julie Walters annoyed mind people Jane Austen was an extraordinary woman; to actually be able to survive as a novelist in those days - unmarried - was just unheard of. Julie Walters novelists austen able Some of the most interesting questions needing to be asked today can best be asked on television, or on stage, and they can be wonderful, great dramas, but they won't necessarily be blockbusters. Julie Walters drama television interesting In order to be creative you have to be allowed to fail. Julie Walters failing creative order I don't like being out of the crowd. It's lonely within a group. Julie Walters crowds groups lonely I never wanted to become an actress because I'd read great literature or seen great Shakespeare. It was more just wanting to understand what the people were really like, why they said all the strange things they did. Julie Walters actresses literature people
