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After the creation and the filming are over. As you well know, we don't have a script when we're shooting. But after the film, the screenplay gets published and you can read the whole thing.
Agents and producers have to get you into a box to accommodate their limited imaginations.
Also, the films we make in England are not based on leading lady looks.
As Vera Drake, I feel Mike has used all of me as a dramatic actress, in a positive sense.
Because I spent a lot of time in rep being OK, being... (more Imelda Staunton quotes)
Her mother was a hairdresser.
She appeared in Emma Thompson’s critically panned 1988 comedy show ‘Thompson.’
In the 2005 Christmas edition of the British comedy Little Britain, Imelda appeared as caustic, no nonsense carer Mrs. Mead to Matt Lucas’ ‘paraplegic’ Andy.
In Emma Thompson’s adaptation of Jane Austin’s Sense and Sensibility, Imelda played talkative Charlotte Palmer. Her husband was played by Hugh Laurie (House). They also play... (more Imelda Staunton trivia)