Emily Watson
Emily Watson
Emily Margaret Watson, OBEis an English actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her debut film role as Bess McNeil in Lars von Trier's Breaking the Wavesand for her role as Jacqueline du Pré in Hilary and Jackie. She won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for the 2011 ITV drama Appropriate Adult...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth14 January 1967
CityIslington, England
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I have a sort of unspoken principle, which is that I don't want to let it change me so that I treat people badly, or anything like that.
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I think we all like the idea of putting five dollars in and getting 100 from it. That's appealing, but I think it's also entertaining for a lot of people. It's something for Shirley in accounting to talk about with Bill in marketing. It's a way to connect.
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But the great thing about doing a theatre job is that once the ball starts rolling you just have to go with it, it's inexorable.
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I think Silence of the Lambs was a great film and when somebody does that kind of suspense thing, with that much restraint, it's impressive.
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I thought it was time to jump into that Hollywood mainstream and see what the temperature was. And it was warmer than I expected.
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I am married to the most amazing, generous and beautiful human being and it has been hard on him because from the outside if you look at it it's just all about me.
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Yeah, a lot of people think I'll be a tortured nutcase when they meet me.
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I was a pretentious child. I grew up without a television. I read a lot of books and I loved Shakespeare. Still do.
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I do think you feel a little bit like you are preying on people's lives.
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I sometimes feel like it's difficult for people to relate to me, until they spend, like, a day with me, and until they walk around with me in public.
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I always think I am going to do my best.
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When I did get home this last time, we had all these plans to go out. And then we hardly stepped outside because the time together seemed too precious.
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Please, please, please - I would love to do some comedy. Once you have a reputation for one thing - in my case, crying and dying - you are typecast.
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The film Punch - Drunk Love is how you see the world when you're in love. You don't see somebody's psychological baggage necessarily, you see the person walking out of the light.