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Emily Watson is a renowned British actress, born on January 14, 1967. She has made a name for herself in both film and theater with her exceptional performances and diverse role choices.

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Famous Emily Watson Quotes

“I don't know what makes a marriage work. My husband and I don't have it right at all; it's very tough on him. From the outside it looks like it's all about me - I have a glorious career and he doesn't.”

Knows Looks Careers Husband Tough Glorious My Husband

Author:Emily Watson

“I mean, I have done scenes with animals, with owls, with bats, with cats, with special effects, with thespians, in the freezing cold, in the pouring rain, boiling hot; I've done press with every syndication, every country; I've done interviews with people dressed up as cows - there's honestly nothing that's gonna intimidate me!”

“Believing in God is a very intense inner struggle of mine. It's something I worry about a lot, but which I don't have the answer to.”

Believe Answers Worry Struggle Mines Intense Believe In God Inner Struggle

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“Friends always say you don't realise how robust your baby is until you drop it.”

Baby Realising Robust

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“I think so, Silence of the Lambs was a great, suspenseful thriller and I would expect Red Dragon to be similar. And I think it's very character driven.”

Thinking Character Silence Quiet Red Driven Dragons Lambs Thrillers

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“And it is very sexy as well: somebody says I'm taking you on a surprise date, you don't know where you are going and you can't see and then you put your hand out and there is a tiger. Amazing.”

Knows Wells Hands Surprise Sexy Where You Are Tigers Where You Are Going

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“As actors, we went where we wanted to, and the camera followed us: it was like having another person in the room. There was no formal structure to the process. It was very liberating.”

Persons Wanted Actors Process Rooms Cameras Structure Formal Liberating

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“During Breaking The Waves, I was on my own in a hotel room. I think I would have been impossible to live with. When you go home, you have to pretend to be the person you are at home.”

Thinking Persons Has Beens Home My Own Rooms Impossible Wave Hotel Hospitality Hotel Rooms

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“I grew up without a television. It meant that I read lots of books and entertained myself.”

Book Television Grew Grew Up

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“I don't think I will be less good because there's less pressure on me.”

Thinking Pressure

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“I was a normal, rather dutiful child. I didn't even rebel as a teenager.”

Children Normal Teenager Rebel

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“I've always been creative, I think.”

Thinking Creative

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“It's an incredible privilege for an actor to look into the camera. It's like looking right into the heart of the film, and you can't take that lightly.”

Looks Heart Film Actors Cameras Incredibles Privilege

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“It's a whole different kind of anxiety. But the great thing about doing a theatre job is that once the ball starts rolling you just have to go with it, it's inexorable.”

Kind Different Whole Jobs Anxiety Balls Theatre Great Things Different Kinds Rolling Inexorable

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“You have to play the logic of a character.”

Play Character Logic

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“When the time came to make a decision about what do in life, I found myself thinking that acting was the thing I loved to do, so I applied to drama school. And then, I didn't get in - twice.”

Thinking School Found Decision Acting Drama School Life

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“My husband. He keeps me grounded. If I were in the world on my own, it would all be much more seductive. But I'm in a relationship that has nothing to do with the film world.”

Ifs World Film My Own Relationship Husband My Husband Grounded Seductive

Author:Emily Watson

“My character Lena is somebody who responds to people in a very simple way. I didn't have to take myself off to a darkened room to concentrate, I just had to try and be open. It's an interesting, subtle relationship.”

People Way Trying Character Simple Interesting Rooms Subtle Simple Ways

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“In my early career I was like a goldfish. Rejection didn't affect me; I'd just forget how bad it was and keep going back for more.”

Forget Careers Rejection Keep Going Goldfish

Author:Emily Watson

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Born: January 14, 1967
Known for: Actress
Quotes: 19

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