Celia Imrie Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I'm a bit of a fraud, really, as I didn't study acting at a drama school.”

“I love not knowing what's going to happen next. With work, you never know. You rehearse and strive and get it right sometimes, and still you never know. Some people are like that with their marriages. They work and strive and labour and toil at them. God, what a bore! What an unromantic bore!”

“My first job was in pantomime; I was a chorus girl in 'Dick Whittington' at 16. I got the part by ringing the director daily to see if anyone had dropped out, and it paid off eventually, when I was cast as a rat!”

“The thing about members of your family is that if you met them for the first time at a party, you might not bother to take their phone number, and yet something binds you.”

“If I ever married, I know I would dread the daily sound of the key in the door and the casual expectancy of 'Hello! I'm home!'”

“Anyone who goes on the stage is a show-off, aren't they? Acting's weird.”

“I love Monet - I've nicknamed him King Blob. When you go up to the painting, it's a series of blobs - amazing.”

“I've had to spend an awful lot of my life trying to pretend I'm not posh. Although once I open my mouth, I rather let things out the bag.”

“While other girls swooned over The Beatles and the Rolling Stones, I worshipped Rudolf Nureyev and Isadora Duncan.”

“I left school the day I turned 16, the earliest day I legally could. Determined to follow a life on stage, preferably with some dance connection, I applied for and won a place at the local drama school. I was on my way.”