Glenda Jackson Quotes

• Why put make-up on when you only have to take it off again?

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• When I have to cry, I think about my love life. When I have to laugh, I think about my love life.

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• Men can be a great deal of work for very little reward.

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• You’ve got to sing like you don’t need the money.

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• One hell of an outlay for a very small return, with most of them.

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• My money goes to my agent, then to my accountant and from him to the tax man.

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• It would be nice if education was free to everyone who wanted it, but that’s not the world we live in.

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• If I’m too strong for some people, that’s their problem.

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• I’ve always been ambitious to be very good at what I do.

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• I want to do a musical movie. Like Evita, but with good music.

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• I used to believe that anything was better than nothing. Now I know that sometimes nothing is better.

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• I told them I wouldn’t sign a blank cheque.

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• I have never believed you make your case stronger by bad-mouthing your opposition.

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• Acting is not about dressing up. Acting is about stripping bare. The whole essence of learning lines is to forget them so you can make them sound like you thought of them that instant.

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• I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious.

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Birth:	9th May, 1936
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Actress, Politician

About

Glenda May Jackson was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England. She is a British actress and Labour Party politician. She first became a Member of Parliament in 1992, and represented Hampstead and Kilburn until 2015. She served as a Junior Transport minister from 1997 to 1999 in Tony Blair government. During her film career, she won two Academy Awards for Best Actress: for Women in Love and A Touch of Class. Her role in other films include: Sunday Bloody Sunday(Won BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress), Negatives, The Triple Echo, Hedda, Stevie, Lost and Found, Sakharov, The Rainbow, and King of the Wind.

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