Quotes by Samantha Bond

About Samantha Bond:

Samantha Bond is an English actress best known for her roles as Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond films during the Pierce Brosnan years, as Auntie Angela in the BBC comedy Outnumbered, as Lady Rosamund Painswick in Downton Abbey, and as the original Ms Liz Probert in Rumpole of the Bailey.
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'Downton' is one of the best jobs in the world, and I'm looking forward to the next series for Maggie Smith's wicked sense of humour.

Samantha Bond

My best friend is my husband.

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Filming is quite exciting because every day is different, but it can involve long hours standing around in chilly locations. Theatre is a very different challenge because every night you're striving to keep it fresh, even though you might have been p...

Samantha Bond

I'm an appalling flyer. I get very tense, although I no longer weep uncontrollably for no reason - I just sob if there's turbulence.

Samantha Bond

I adore acting; it's in my blood - quite literally - but I can honestly say the most creative thing in the world for me is being a mother.

Samantha Bond

Nobody can prepare you for the loss of a parent.

Samantha Bond

I think that as you get older, you become aware of everything that could go wrong.

Samantha Bond

If you put people up on pedestals, there's only one way for them to go, and that is down.

Samantha Bond

I get so nervous before I go on stage that I can never eat very much, so I'm always completely starving afterwards and dying for a bowl of pasta.

Samantha Bond

I grew up without the rose-tinted look at the profession many of my friends had, but I've been very lucky playing major roles in 'An Ideal Husband', 'Arcadia' and 'The Memory of Water'.

Samantha Bond

The middle-aged woman is the ground bed of the audience that watches television, and yet they are absolutely invisible.

Samantha Bond

Agatha Christie holds special personal memories for me because my mum, a television producer called Pat Sandys, had been the first person to persaude the Agatha Christie estate to put one of her stories on T.V.

Samantha Bond

My father Philip was an actor and appeared in everything from 'The Onedin Line' to 'Hedda Gabler' with Dame Diana Rigg.

Samantha Bond

The bravest thing I've ever done is fly to New York. I'm simply terrified of aeroplanes - I am the woman you see weeping at the airport.

Samantha Bond

Inside my heart, there's a 12-year-old girl who has always wanted to be Ginger Rogers.

Samantha Bond

When I got on stage, I would have a rush of adrenaline; everybody gets it. Normally after the first night it becomes more controllable, and as long as I could ride the wave, I was still in charge.

Samantha Bond

I think one of the most important things I can give my children is the right to be themselves.

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I've always had this sneaking suspicion that I get a kick out of the insecurity.

Samantha Bond

I had absolutely no idea of the scale of its following and the globalness of 'Bond'.

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I have to be careful what I eat before going onstage, to avoid an upset stomach.

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Author Bio

  • NameSamantha Bond
  • DescriptionEnglish actress
  • BornNovember 27, 1961
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionActor