Jennifer Ehle quotes

Jennifer Ehle is an American actress known for her versatile roles in film, television, and theater. Rising to international fame with her portrayal of Elizabeth Bennet in the acclaimed adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice," she has won numerous awards, including two Tony Awards. She continues to impress audiences with her talent and depth in both classical and contemporary works. Here are 12 of her quotes:

I distanced myself, relatively, from my parents for a year or so in my late twenties. It was necessary for me to feel my autonomy. Other than that brief gap, we have always been a very close family.

Jennifer Ehle

After 'The Real Thing,' I thought about giving up acting because it's difficult to have a rich life outside your work when you're an actress, a private life that can survive being picked up and put down. That's what I thought, anyway.

Jennifer Ehle

You know what else I've learnt? That it's all right not to ride the crest of the wave. Every time a wave comes along I retreat, and I haven't come to any harm yet.

Jennifer Ehle

There is a cost that comes with moving schools so often and it's not what I want for my son when he gets older, but it did make me very adaptable. I became aware of what was missing from the social structure of each class that I arrived in, and made sure to fill that gap.

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My natural accent is American. I chose to speak with a U.K. accent when I was about to enter the final year at drama school in London. I was going to try to find a way to stay in the U.K. after I finished college and could not imagine trying to live and get work there with an American accent.

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People used to always ask, and I would say I wanted to be an actress. When they would ask why, I would say because my mother has so much fun.

Jennifer Ehle

I am an American. I adore Britain and have a strong English half, but my roots are here in the U.S. - it is not a matter of choice; it is simply fact.

Jennifer Ehle

So much of my life is not about work and that is usually mainly what I do tweet about. We live a very quiet life.

Jennifer Ehle

I don't mind being an only child; never have. I am lucky, though, that I have my friend Emily, who grew-up very close to me and so, there is someone I have shared memories with. I would miss that if I didn't have it, I think.

Jennifer Ehle

There's never been a game plan, and I suppose I've had an uneasy relationship with my ambition. Someone who had been in my year at drama school once said to me that I was terrifyingly ambitious back then. Which was not at all what I felt at the time - I felt paralysed with shyness, though that evaporated.

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