Anna Chancellor quotes

Some people in my family achieved a lot, some people inherited a lot. But I turned my back on the whole thing. (Anna Chancellor)

I find running life quite hard and I like sharing that. Obviously, the companionship, being loved and loving, is fantastic. But I don't feel that I couldn't live without a boyfriend or lover or husband.

Anna Chancellor

I can cook to please people, but it's quite conventional. I make a good sponge cake. I find it hard to follow recipes.

Anna Chancellor

In the theatre, if you say 'Macbeth', all the actors will start looking very anxious. I'm so well-trained not to say it in the theatre that I can hardly say it in normal life.

Anna Chancellor

I was never, ever the ingenue. The young, innocent lead was just not me.

Anna Chancellor

I love buying things. I could be one of those crazy hoarders.

Anna Chancellor

I'm crazy about ducks and swans and geese, so I don't eat foie gras. I try to eat organic.

Anna Chancellor

I was one of those lucky people with only one talent. It is harder for people with many talents to decide what to do.

Anna Chancellor

I do try and curb my mouth, but I find it really hard. I wonder how many jobs I've talked myself out of!

Anna Chancellor

I went for endless auditions for tiny parts in obscure plays, and never got one job until I was in 'Four Weddings'.

Anna Chancellor

I was brought up with two sisters, so I do know about a three-way dynamic. It's a complex one, because it's easy for one to get left out and the others to gang up. In my family, we were all pretty up for it, but the dynamics would constantly change. (Anna Chancellor)

I did become quite well known from 'Four Weddings and a Funeral', and it helped hugely. I wasn't as famous as Hugh Grant, but I certainly began to work.

Anna Chancellor

I don't feel my capabilities in cookery are as big as my desire - as with so many aspects of my life.

Anna Chancellor

Anna Chancellor

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Occupation: English Actress
Born: April 27, 1965
Quotes count: 13

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