Top 21 Quotes by Juliet Stevenson

I have quite a robust relationship with regret. You simply don't know what the alternative would have been.

I often wrangle with myself as an actor, and wrestle with the process. In striving for authenticity I often have the feeling I am falling short.

I wanted to be the conduit for somebody else's experiences, filtered through me, and passed on to other people. Which is the job description, really.

Cruelty to children is the thing I can least bear in the world.

I do understand that onstage there are times when you think, 'I could not be more alive than I am at this moment. I can't do most things in life. This is what I'm for.'

I hope to have more time to think, to look at the sky, dealing with less crisis management, to learn another language, to travel.

If I could have any artist's work on my sitting room wall it would probably be by Van Gogh or Picasso.

I'm hardly Hollywood material - they're interested in youth and perfection and I lay no claims to either. It's not a place that's particularly interested in talent.

I sometimes think that theatre is a torture.

I'd rather be useful than rich. It's more essential to feel you're doing something that's worth doing, rather than making a lot of money.