Julie Walters quotes

Julie Walters is a renowned British actress known for her versatile roles in film, television, and theatre. Audiences worldwide recognize her for memorable performances in works such as "Educating Rita," the "Harry Potter" series, and "Billy Elliot." She continues to be celebrated for her outstanding talent and contribution to the arts. Here are 52 of her quotes:

I don't know if you can change things, but it's a drop in the ocean. (Julie Walters)
Debate is so much better than denial. View quote
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It's getting better but men still earn more and there are more jobs for them. Ageism is a big thing. Parts for women disappear as you get older. View quote
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Jane Austen was an extraordinary woman; to actually be able to survive as a novelist in those days - unmarried - was just unheard of. View quote
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Sixty felt like a big landmark. Not in a dreadful sense, but none of the other birthdays have bothered me. It's got labels on it - OAP, retirement - and I just wanted to take stock. I wanted to be in my greenhouse at home and at least give myself the opportunity of not working again. View quote
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It seems that when you get to a certain age you almost give yourself permission to misbehave and say what you think. People allow it, with very old people. View quote
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In order to be creative you have to be allowed to fail. View quote
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Stage is the most exciting. Film is lovely, because it's like a family. View quote
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I'm too young at 50. I'm not grown up yet. There's part of everybody like that. View quote
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I keep seeing myself in my daughter, and I see my mother in me and in her. Bloody hell. View quote
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I was asked about doing a nude shoot for men's magazine GQ. I thought it was the funniest thing I'd ever heard. (Julie Walters)
You can't help but feel a little bit like a mother to the younger cast members. View quote
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I was the little, funny one. I felt I was the child among grown women. View quote
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I wanted above all else not to be like my mum. View quote
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Everyone comes up to me saying, 'Cooee, Julie! Hello!' as if I know them. Of course I don't bloody know them. Am I flummoxed by it? Sometimes. I think, 'Ooh, love, go easy.' For a time, I did feel this pressure that I had to be funny, but it passes. View quote
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The way I relax is I think, 'I haven't got anything coming up.' I like to know there are months ahead when I've got nothing. View quote
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My grandmother lived with us for a short time while I was a child. Old people tend to be slightly more eccentric - they can behave the way they want. View quote
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There is this idea that appealing to youth is the only way forward. But that is no longer the case. Youth is not everything. Now we have all the baby-boomers in their 60s, like me, who are actively engaged in life - we're not retiring, we're not just being put out to grass once we hit 60. View quote
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I was having my teens in my 30s. View quote
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I'm writing a novel about two actresses who go to New York, because that's what I know about. One has lost touch with reality, disappears and is picked up by a man. View quote
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I never wanted to become an actress because I'd read great literature or seen great Shakespeare. It was more just wanting to understand what the people were really like, why they said all the strange things they did. (Julie Walters)
It wasn't being an alcoholic - it was going wild. It happened when I got famous. It was like having my teens in my early thirties: blotting out your life, not having to think about anything. View quote
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I was always someone who lived in the future all the time, it was always the next thing - dreams of escape. View quote
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As soon as I gave birth, it was as if you understand them. They become people, not kids. You start to identify with them. You see yourself in them. View quote
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Suddenly, you are very much in the present, and you learn it's really the place where you should always live. View quote
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Julie Walters

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Occupation: British Actress
Born: February 22, 1950
Quotes count: 52