Julie Walters Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“I'm too young at 50. I'm not grown up yet. There's part of everybody like that.”

“It's very strong after the birth. It's extraordinary. You can't watch anything to do with kids being harmed.”

“My grandmother lived with us for a short time while I was a child. Old people tend to be slightly more eccentric - they can behave the way they want.”

“Stage is the most exciting. Film is lovely, because it's like a family.”

“We have to take risks with art. If we don't, it all becomes a bit boring.”

“You can't help but feel a little bit like a mother to the younger cast members.”

“I'll tell you how it happened. The phone rang. Paul, my agent, goes, 'Would you like to play Meryl Streep's?' I said, 'Yeeees! I'll do it, whatever it is.' He said, 'It's Mamma Mia!.' I said, 'Oh no, which character? The fat friend?”

“Along the way I have been able to choose some themes which ask questions - not necessarily force a message on anyone, but at least invite the audience to question things: jury service, dignity in dying, Ireland - and not least because they force me to ask myself questions. Where do I stand?”

“I remember Michael saying, 'Rich and famous? It's much better to be just rich'. I didn't quite get it to begin with. But he's right. You lose anonymity. I say to my family that you've no idea until you lose it how precious anonymity is.”

“I'm more selective now I've got a family. I don't want to work all the time. My daughter's 12; I don't want to miss out on her life. Soon she'll be a teenager; she won't want me around.”