Quotes by Kelly Reilly

About Kelly Reilly:

Jessica Kelly Siobhán Reilly is an English actress. Her performance in After Miss Julie at the Donmar Warehouse made her a star of the London stage and earned her a nomination for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actress of 2003.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Theatre is where my heart is. It's where I can do my best work. And even if I do films and TV, that's what I want to come back to.

Kelly Reilly

Every job feels like my first.

Kelly Reilly

I'm not a show-off; I'm not an exhibitionist.

Kelly Reilly

At my school, Shakespeare wasn't on the syllabus - at least not for me.

Kelly Reilly

I've no wish to appear in celebrity magazines.

Kelly Reilly

I'm not temperamentally into high comedy. I'm not a Noel Coward kind of girl.

Kelly Reilly

Acting has always been such escapism for me.

Kelly Reilly

You know, I really enjoy longevity. I see actors in their forties and they just turn out these really fabulous roles and characters. You know who they are, but you wouldn't necessarily know their names.

Kelly Reilly

Being at the pinnacle of my career is not to turn up in some multiplex blockbuster.

Kelly Reilly

The British theatre and establishment is so hard to penetrate, and there are so many talented people involved in it. So, to be counted among some of those actresses... It doesn't get better than that.

Kelly Reilly

When I was younger, I used to write to directors when I was unsure I could play a role. I'd say: 'You've made a terrible mistake.'

Kelly Reilly

The reason I act is because I'm trying to understand why people are as they are.

Kelly Reilly

I don't want to be doing fashion shoots and being interviewed about where I shop. Who cares?

Kelly Reilly

I act because I have to, because I need to find out whether I can do it or not - that's what drives me and excites me and lights me up.

Kelly Reilly

You put yourself on tape as an actor a lot - and you send them off, they go out into the ether, and you have no idea what's going to come back, or when.

Kelly Reilly

Auditioning is a horrible experience because you know you are being absolutely scrutinized and judged. There are days where you can do it and days where it's just not happening, and I feel like that's how it is with all artists; you have some days it...

Kelly Reilly

I need someone who understands an artist's mentality. I couldn't be with someone who wouldn't let me have my freedom.

Kelly Reilly

I hate to say that my mother was 'just a housewife', because in addition to that she has had lots of part-time secretarial jobs in factories and hospitals, always working really hard for our family.

Kelly Reilly

My family believe you should never be flashy about anything. Maybe that handicapped me a little bit, that extreme humility.

Kelly Reilly

As an actor, you always want to keep it different, change it up, and, you know, just to keep yourself inspired and work with interesting characters.

Kelly Reilly

Author Bio

  • NameKelly Reilly
  • DescriptionEnglish actress
  • BornJuly 18, 1977
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionActor