Quotes

[on her acting career] At first it was great but as I got older I began to feel increasingly uncomfortable. Eventually, I couldn't stand the sight of myself. I didn't want to make a spectacle of myself on television any more.

[on A Room with a View (1985)] It was my first professional job and I was terrified. I dug my fingernails into my palms so hard they were marked for weeks. Once I accidentally walked into Maggie Smith's dressing room when we were filming in a vast chateau. When she asked me what I wanted, I almost fainted with terror.