top of page
.png){kind=small}
"For Closer, we've had five weeks. You go into every single word because it's very, very concentrated dialogue."
Word,
Standard
Customized
Exlpore more Word quotes
"Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is 'elephant'."
"Once they're on paper, they're gone. I like to do as much with the words, as far as image goes."
"Most metaphysical words in Hopi are verbs, not nouns as in European languages."
"I have been made redundant before and it is a terrible blow; redundant is a rotten word because it makes you think you are useless."
Word,
"I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels."
"I won't mention the word tired. This is the 20th century and I can go around a little faster."
Word,
"Maybe the words that I say is just another way to pray."
Explore more quotes by Anna Friel
"The doctors say it dates back to a film where I had these huge prosthetic breasts because my character was breast-feeding. The weight of them, and of the baby, did my back in."
"Well ironically my last three roles have all been a mother. One was a Canadian film where the baby was taken away because she is a drug addict, in Irish Jam I play a mother to a four year old. I think in the future I'll be able to handle the role with a lot more depth."
"Being a mother gives you an incredible feeling of empowerment, you think if I can go through such pain and that level of sleep and still operate and not be grumpy you can do anything. It can be quite scary, you can't function your brain, forget your vocabulary."
"You can see when an actor gets bored: Their eyes go dead. I promised myself I'd never let that happen. If it does, I'll go and live on a desert island for a year."
"I look at being an actress as being like a mummy: You're bandaged up and preserved as soon as you start making other people money."
"And the most important thing - apart from telling a good, believable story, and being a true character - is to be someone the audience will care about, even if you're playing a murderer or rapist."
"Now learning a bit more about footballers I think what they need to do well, is someone who really wants to stay in the background and just be a strong support."
bottom of page