Glenda Jackson
Glenda Jackson
Glenda May Jackson, CBEis a British actress and Labour Party politician. She first became a Member of Parliamentin 1992, and represented Hampstead and Kilburn until 2015...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth9 May 1936
song past names
The Treorchy Male Choir - the very name is a song! May I thank the Choir, past and present, for all the glorious music-making they have shared with us.
drama laughing people
comedy ... is much harder to do than drama. It's not true that laugh and the world laughs with you. It's very hard to make a group of people laugh at the same thing; much easier to make them cry at the same thing. ... That's why great comic acting is probably the greatest acting there is.
humility successful motherhood
To counter-balance the natural humility of motherhood, I garden ... In the garden, more than any place, I really feel successful.
ambitious very-good
Ive always been ambitious to be very good at what I do.
failure defeated disappointed
I have been disappointed many times, but never defeated.
actors essentials tasks
The good writer and the good actor are always searching for what is essential. It is a never-ending task because what is essential is always elusive and, therefore, fascinating.
children pregnancy littles
it is extraordinary how much you are theirs, and how little they are yours. The child grows inside you and there is something mystical and mythical in that, but then you actually see that you are nothing more than the box in which they come. There is this total person, already formed, themselves.
pride men independence
For marriage the best man is the man within oneself. Most women need to develop their own 'masculine' qualities of independence, pride, courage and open sexuality.
jobs children parent
One knows one's done one's job as a parent properly if one's children reject everything one stands for.
stronger cases opposition
I have never believed you make your case stronger by bad-mouthing your opposition.
wise age growing
I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious.
sex thinking laughing
The important thing in acting is to be able to laugh and cry. If I have to cry, I think of my sex life. If I have to laugh, I think of my sex life.
men rewards littles
Men can be a great deal of work for very little reward.
eye giving movement
It's appalling that there have to be movements organized to give human beings the right to be human beings in the eyes of other human beings.