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“People have really strong images of what church is, and it's almost certainly not the same as mine.”

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Sally Phillips is a British actress born on May 10, 1970. She is known for her performances in film and television, particularly in the comedy genre. more

“As a writer myself, my job has very often been to also write on the job. So you get the script and a vague idea of how the scene might work, and you then add funny words or change the script. I'm not the world's best writer or the world's best actor, but I can do that thing where I can fix - or ruin - fix-slash-ruin, add quirk, add value.”

World Writing I Can Ideas Might Jobs Values Actors Can Do Scene Add Scripts Ruins Vague Quirks Vague Ideas

Author:Sally Phillips

“Bad impulse buys make you feel grim, don't they? It's like having consumer Tourette's. I gravitate towards austere foreign-language film DVDs when insecure.”

Feels Film Language Consumers Impulse Insecure Grim Dvds Foreign Language Tourettes

Author:Sally Phillips

“Middle-aged women on telly is a bit of a hot topic - before, we were 27 to 37, and now we're 40 to 50. You do notice as you get older... you go past 35, and suddenly you're playing baddies.”

Past Bits Middle Hot Topics Middle Aged Baddies Hot Topic

Author:Sally Phillips

“One year you go in for auditions, and everybody thinks you're the queen of comedy, and the next year, you're so 'yesterday,' and it's not because you've done anything, or your ability has changed; you haven't been in work because you've been putting on weight and then trying to lose it.”

Thinking Trying Years Done Next Loses Ability Comedy Havens Changed Weight Yesterday Queens Auditions Next Year

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“TV feels quite constipated, and the thing I find particularly difficult is the branding of the channels where it's not 'Is it a good script?' but 'Is it a BBC2 script?'”

Feels Difficult Tvs Scripts Branding

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“Satisfy yourself beyond all doubt that you are qualified for the course to which you now aspire.....and try to achieve something in your own land before you venture on a strange one.”

Trying Courses Doubt Land Achieve Strange Aspire Venture Qualified

Author:Charles Dickens

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