I think going from doing TV and straight plays to Shakespeare is weird enough because you have this heightened language, and you are telling a story through metric poetry. But I think music is that place beyond poetry. Tamsin Greig heightenlanguagemetric share on social
Writers have to be very careful and discerning because so much of the machine is out of their control. Tamsin Greig carefulcontroldiscern Change image and share on social
I'm quite an odd little part of the Venn diagram. I'm not a movie star and beautiful in that way. I do an odd thing that's funny and sad, and my face and my old body can take that. Tamsin Greig beautifulbodydiagram Change image and share on social
When I was 17, a neighbour I knew well died of cancer, and I became au pair to her three little girls. In circumstances like that, when you can't really help, I think it's a human response to do something beyond oneself. So I did a sponsored parachute jump for Cancer Research. It was exciting and ridiculous. Tamsin Greig cancercircumstancedie share on social
Laughing and crying are very similar. They're an extreme response to life. You see it in children who start laughing hysterically. Tamsin Greig childcryextreme Change image and share on social
I think if you're trying to be funny, sometimes you're bending a piece of metal in a direction it doesn't want to go. And sometimes comedy just needs to find itself. Tamsin Greig bendcomedydirection Change image and share on social
I'll read a recipe but then decide, 'Well, it's sort of like this, then.' Or I'll go to the fridge and think, 'I'll see what I can put together,' and I'll combine beetroot and sausage and prawns with goat's cheese sprinkled on top and think, 'I like that they're all slightly pink. It looks fine and... actually, it is fine.' Tamsin Greig beetrootcheesecombine share on social
I have a shallow understanding of what it means to be alive, and I know certain things about parenting and being a wife and doing the school run. I know little bits, but I'm really a paddler on a beach. Tamsin Greig alivebeachbit share on social
I feel like a 16-year-old trapped inside a dead woman's body. Tamsin Greig bodydeadfeel Change image and share on social
I know I don't fit in in L.A. because I look my age. Tamsin Greig agefit Change image and share on social