Imelda Staunton
Imelda Staunton
Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton, CBE is an English stage and screen actress. After training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Staunton began her career in repertory theatre in the 1970s before appearing in seasons at various theatres in the UK...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth9 January 1956
CityLondon, England
awards award-ceremonies mates
If you're at an award ceremony, you're against your mates.
It's not as if it's something I ever thought I would get.
dan kept london man thriving unique
Dan Crawford was an extraordinary man who single-handedly kept one of the most unique theatres in London thriving for many years.
best falling job mike rather
Working with Mike was shocking, terrifying, exhilarating, ... It was the best job of my life. It's rather like falling out of an aeroplane with no parachute.
imagination agents boxes
Agents and producers have to get you into a box to accommodate their limited imaginations.
karma yoga believe
I don't feel the need for religion. But I went on a yoga retreat last year and I do believe slightly in the karma thing and just being good and true unto yourself. And I slightly believe that you can attract good and bad to you.
envy looks exotic
At the time of Woodstock, I was just 13, but I used to see these exotic hippy creatures and I did look on with envy. How could you not? In an ideal world, I would have loved to have been a hippy - but I might have been a bit strait-laced. It was my fantasy.
years theatre london
I worked in rep for six years, then I came to London and to the National Theatre. What's better than that
jobs looks doe
Look at Judi Dench, who's brilliant in whatever bloody job she does.
jobs idols actresses
I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That's what makes me interested in them, that they didn't present themselves as idols, they were just doing their jobs.
thinking singing sondheim
I don't think it's that I don't like Sondheim. It's that I find it really... I don't know how to describe it. Doing it is the most extraordinary thing. Because it's like Shakespeare times 100 with singing. It's that satisfying - and that demanding.
war hippie men
Looking back, there is nothing wrong with that peace, love and equality that the hippies espoused. In many ways, we have regressed because they were into organic food, back to nature, make love not war, be good to all men, share and share alike - which is what many are talking about now.
careers looks i-can
Fortunately my career has never been about how I look, it's about how I can be.
writing
I've always liked new writing.