Lesley Manville Quotations

I'm quite chameleon in my work - not normally looking much like I do in real life.

I'm fascinated by food. Food is love, isn't it?

I was champion soprano of Sussex when I was 16!

I love playing women at the far ends of the social scale. I've done it all my life; that's where my ability lies.

I like to personalise my dressing room, have a cover for the bed and, if it is a long run, a few cushions and a teapot - a little pot for one.

I have been devoted to my son, and there have been lots of jobs in the past that I haven't done because I didn't want to be away from him.

I do absolutely want to be around as long as possible. I tell my son: 'You do realise, I am going to live to 100.'

A friend of mine rang the box office to collect a ticket I'd reserved for her, and the girl said, 'Who's Lesley Manville?'

You've got to take responsibility for your own actions. We all know people who reach rock bottom. However much that they're told that what they're doing is harming their own life or whatever, you cannot make someone do it unless that person reaches the point where they know that they have to deal with it themselves.

When I make films, I work with Mike Leigh, who's the most prolific director in England.