Penelope Wilton
Penelope Wilton
Dame Penelope Alice Wilton, DBEis an English actress. She is known for starring opposite Richard Briers in the BBC sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles; playing Homily in The Borrowersand The Return of the Borrowers; and for her role as Isobel Crawley in the ITV drama Downton Abbey. She also played the recurring role of Harriet Jones in Doctor Who...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth3 June 1946
Penelope Wilton quotes about
people trying emotion
Mostly in life people are trying not to have emotions.
people never-change
Some people will never change.
people looks knows
You can't look at people being crucified. Even if you know it is just pretend.
children loss lost
I've never lost a grown-up child, but I have known loss.
real character journey
I am drawn to characters that go on journeys, characters that are real people, that have life.
laughing trying comedy
You don't go to a comedy and try to laugh. You laugh in spite of yourself. You don't just come on stage and cry. Something has pushed you to cry.
play figures iconic
When you play someone who is an iconic figure you can't go into it lightly.
century close-relationship twentieth-century
I've had very close relationships with some twentieth-century writers.
whole-life whole
I have spent my whole life educating myself.
unhappy trouble ifs
The trouble with anyone when they're unhappy or in a relationship they recognize is not working but don't know what to do about is that they can't see farther out than that. If the relationship is not working, if what was there isn't there anymore, you have to do something about it.