“I went for endless auditions for tiny parts in obscure plays, and never got one job until I was in 'Four Weddings'.” PlayJobsFourTinyEndlessAuditionsObscure Author:Anna Chancellor
“I'm crazy about ducks and swans and geese, so I don't eat foie gras. I try to eat organic.” TryingCrazyDucksGeeseSwans Author:Anna Chancellor
“I can cook to please people, but it's quite conventional. I make a good sponge cake. I find it hard to follow recipes.” PeopleI CanHardPleaseCooksCakeConventionalRecipesSponges Author:Anna Chancellor
“I did become quite well known from 'Four Weddings and a Funeral', and it helped hugely. I wasn't as famous as Hugh Grant, but I certainly began to work.” WellsKnownFourGrantsFuneralWell KnownOur Wedding Author:Anna Chancellor
“I love buying things. I could be one of those crazy hoarders.” CrazyBuyingBuying Things Author:Anna Chancellor
“I was never, ever the ingenue. The young, innocent lead was just not me.” YoungInnocent Author:Anna Chancellor
“Some people in my family achieved a lot, some people inherited a lot. But I turned my back on the whole thing.” PeopleWholeMy Family Author:Anna Chancellor
“In the theatre, if you say 'Macbeth', all the actors will start looking very anxious. I'm so well-trained not to say it in the theatre that I can hardly say it in normal life.” IfsWellsI CanActorsNormalTheatreAnxiousNormal Life Author:Anna Chancellor
“I was one of those lucky people with only one talent. It is harder for people with many talents to decide what to do.” PeopleTalentLuckyHarder Author:Anna Chancellor
“I find running life quite hard and I like sharing that. Obviously, the companionship, being loved and loving, is fantastic. But I don't feel that I couldn't live without a boyfriend or lover or husband.” FeelsHardRunningLoversHusbandFantasticCompanionshipBeing Loved Author:Anna Chancellor
“When people said schooldays were the best days of your life, I remember thinking: 'Tell me it's not true. This cannot be it.' I don't think my life has ever been that bad again. It hasn't always been easy but at least I have been free.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensSaidRememberEasy Author:Anna Chancellor
“I do try and curb my mouth, but I find it really hard. I wonder how many jobs I've talked myself out of!” TryingHardJobsWonderMouthsCurb Author:Anna Chancellor