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Brenda Blethyn [1946-0] English

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Actress

Brenda Anne Blethyn, OBE is an English actress who has worked in theatre, television and film, best known for her role in Mike Leigh's 1996 drama Secrets & Lies, and, from 2011, for the title role in the TV detective series Vera.

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The academy awards in England; it's a classy affair as well.		101
It's a real leveller, you know, to do theatre at least once every two years.		102
I think behind closed doors people behave differently no matter what period we're looking at, because people have to stand up straight in public but can slouch behind closed doors - can you imagine wearing those corsets?		103
I hate that people think going to the theatre is a special occasion. I wish people would treat it as normally as going to the cinema.		104
Maybe wanting to retire is my ambition.		105
I think people often confuse success with fame and stardom.		106
Being a secretary was considered a very good job in those days.		107
It's the same as any role and I find that you can't lump characters together; because they all have different life experiences, different reasons for being the way they are.		108
I've done a lot of costume drama and theatre - the National Theatre and In fact, most of my work at the theatre, at the National Theatre anyway, was period.		109
Anything where people have to work together makes me cry.		110
People say to me that I can't be nervous because I've had such a wealth of experience, but I tell them that I have never done this particular part before.		111
Before every performance, I think I am about to keel over.		112
I knew Secrets and Lies was a great film, but I didn't expect it to get the attention it did because none of his other films had and I thought they were just as good.		113
I like the enthusiasm but not the insincerity of Los Angeles.		114
Everyone the world over talks about British actors and British talent and I think that's because we were trained - until now - in theatre.		115
When I left drama school, there were dozens of rep theatres you could apply to where you got a good training.		116
I've never done a big studio film, I've only ever done little ones.		117
I love silence.		118
In fact at home I sometimes like to be quiet and hear the sounds of the world outside.		119
I always think 12 times before saying anything.		120
Even if I hadn't have been nominated for an Oscar, to have won the Golden Glove was just fantastic.		121
The strange thing is that since I've been offered lots of films I think that maybe they think that I've sold out to Hollywood. Which is not the case if anybody's listening.		122
I've made six films since I made Secrets and Lies but I still live in London and I'd love to do theater.		123
I always considered myself very successful even before the success of Secrets and Lies.		124

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