Diane Cilento
Diane Cilento
Diane Cilento was an Australian theatre and film actress and author...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionActress
Date of Birth5 October 1933
CountryAustralia
grandmother piano different
It was a very odd household, because the grandmothers were so different. Both of them had their own pianos. So it would be duelling pianos by grandmothers.
trying spheres looking-back
Very quickly, without really looking back or trying, I was just suddenly lifted into another sphere.
father silly successful
My father said, If you want to do acting, you have to be successful, which is a silly thing to say.
nice naughty house
Blank House was exactly a nice empty sheet where nothing was accountable because you were so naughty that you were in Blank House.
bit fell italian love madly york
When I was in New York I fell madly in love with an Italian and got married. I couldn't get out of it, and that's when I got a bit ill.
directors hard picked shown work
If you were in the film industry at that time, you were always picked up by directors who were much older. You were whisked about and shown things. I did work very hard though.
bands count huge knew loved theatre
There were huge big bands like Count Basie, and I used to go from the theatre to Birdland, and they all knew me. I loved the big band sound.
blondie girls
There was that thing of girls. Girls don't have to do anything. Little blondie pretty girls don't really have to know anything much.
bit
I was always a bit flighty, I suppose.
believe brought came father good idealistic mother
My mother and father came from that idealistic age, when they were brought up to believe that they should be working for the good of mankind.
academics believe child money paying serious worth
I believe academics think that if the child doesn't go to university, they aren't really a serious person and not worth paying the money for.