Susan Hampshire Quotes
... there's no better part than a nasty person. After Fleur, I played a whole series of them: Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, was in her own way a monster, Becky Sharp was also a monster, and in the theatre I've played a lot of monsters, but for some reason people only ever remember me playing these sweet simpering girls who wouldn't say boo to a goose. It must be something about my personality which is deceiving people!
I can't think it's satisfying for a woman to be a ballbreaker, and it must be dreadful for the man.
Describing Hollywood: All the men have crocodile wives and ulcers and gold-and-diamond rings they twist around their hairy fingers. The big shots also had arms they kept putting around me that managed to be long enough to reach my left breast. I told them, 'I don't have to do that. I can act.'
I had a tiny lump taken out of my breast in my early 40s; it wasn't malignant, but it's always good to check - both my parents died comparatively young of cancer.
In women the menopause tends to bring out irritability, whereas with men it's often expressed in the need to find another partner so they can still feel like Tarzan.
There have been periods where I've been down, but I made sure to get enough vitamin B and sun, as these help stave off depression. I'll also distract myself by being active, cleaning a cupboard or something constructive. A lot of it is to do with upbringing. If I was upset, my mother would say: 'Do something useful. Go and empty the dustbins.'
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