Glenda Jackson Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

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.

Acting is not very hard. The most important things are to be able to laughand cry. If I have to cry, I think of my sex life. And if I have to laugh,well, I think of my sex life.

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

I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious.

I told them I wouldn't sign a blank cheque.

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

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

I'm only interested in the kind of power that is achieved by virtue of people having chosen you - and the power to persuade.

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

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

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

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

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

The old argument that the working class won't enter higher education because they are afraid of getting into debt is patronizing.

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

You've got to sing like you don't need the money. You've got to love like you'll never get hurt. You've got to dance like there's nobody watching. You've got to come from the heart, if you want it to work.

You've got to sing sometimes like you don't need the money. Love sometimes like you'll never get hurt. You've got to dance, dance, dance like nobody's watching. It's got to come from the heart if you want it to work.