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Brenda Blethyn

"Before every performance, I think I am about to keel over."

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"In fact at home I sometimes like to be quiet and hear the sounds of the world outside."
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"I always considered myself very successful even before the success of Secrets and Lies."
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"I hate that people think going to the theatre is a special occasion. I wish people would treat it as normally as going to the cinema."
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"I think behind closed doors people behave differently no matter what period we're looking at, because people have to stand up straight in public but can slouch behind closed doors - can you imagine wearing those corsets?"
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