Quotes by Janet McTeer

Janet McTeer

But then I got a job selling coffee at the York Theatre, and when I met theatre people, something clicked. I felt comfortable with them; I felt like myself. I decided to go to drama school based just on that feeling. I had never done any acting.

Coffee

Drama

Jobs

I did ‘Tumbleweeds’ for fun. I did it because I loved it and I hardly even got paid.

Fun

Paid

Tumbleweeds

I do mostly British projects, and for family reasons and life reasons Britain’s my home, where I have a lovely garden.

Garden

Home

Lovely

I have become a marketing tool and I feel very uncomfortable with that. There’s no space for me to express myself.

Marketing

Space

Tools

I have very girly hands and I use them a lot when I talk in a way that I think is very feminine.

Girly

Hands

Thinking

I just want people to focus on the performance.

Focus

People

Want

I was very nervous about the accent. I was very nervous about being an American.

Accents

Nervous

I would often go on as myself, when I wasn’t working. And the first time I went on as myself, two people came up and asked me what I was doing and who I was.

Goes On

People

Two

I’ve always thought if you watch the performance and you don’t know about the person, then you only see the performance.

Performances

Persons

Watches

If you play men, in a way it’s easier. You can have a voicebox, you can have false hair, mustaches, wigs, you can have all kinds of stuff. But when you’re playing women playing men, you only really have yourself to work with, plus tiny little extras.

Hair

Men

Play

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Hands

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Lovely

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Men

Might

Mirrors

Mother

Nervous

New Yorkers

Odd One

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Quotes by Janet McTeer

Janet McTeer

But then I got a job selling coffee at the York Theatre, and when I met theatre people, something clicked. I felt comfortable with them; I felt like myself. I decided to go to drama school based just on that feeling. I had never done any acting.

I did ‘Tumbleweeds’ for fun. I did it because I loved it and I hardly even got paid.

I do mostly British projects, and for family reasons and life reasons Britain’s my home, where I have a lovely garden.

I have become a marketing tool and I feel very uncomfortable with that. There’s no space for me to express myself.

I have very girly hands and I use them a lot when I talk in a way that I think is very feminine.

I just want people to focus on the performance.

I was very nervous about the accent. I was very nervous about being an American.

I would often go on as myself, when I wasn’t working. And the first time I went on as myself, two people came up and asked me what I was doing and who I was.

I’ve always thought if you watch the performance and you don’t know about the person, then you only see the performance.

If you play men, in a way it’s easier. You can have a voicebox, you can have false hair, mustaches, wigs, you can have all kinds of stuff. But when you’re playing women playing men, you only really have yourself to work with, plus tiny little extras.

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