Emily Watson Quotes & Sayings

“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.”

“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.”

“Please, please, please - I would love to do some comedy. Once you have a reputation for one thing - in my case, crying and dying - you are typecast.”

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

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

“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!”

“The film Punch - Drunk Love is how you see the world when you're in love. You don't see somebody's psychological baggage necessarily, you see the person walking out of the light.”

“When I did get home this last time, we had all these plans to go out. And then we hardly stepped outside because the time together seemed too precious.”

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

“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.”