After graduating from flares and platforms in the early 1970s, I started drama school wearing a pair of khaki dungarees with one of my Dad's Army shirts, accessorised by a cat's basket doubling as a handbag. Very Lady Gaga.
I feel like an old lady; my hero is Miss Marple.
On 'Swingtown,' I think that's when I was able to blend the character-slash-leading lady roles, and that's what I'm doing on 'Once Upon a Time' as well. She's a leading lady, but she's also this character.
Buddy "Cloudy" Russo: You wanna play "hide the salami" with his old lady?
Rebecca: I remember this hat. This is from your little old lady phase!
Eliza Doolittle: The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she is treated.
Johnny Boy: Hey, sorry lady! I'm sorry! I hate that lady with a passion... with a vengeance.
Lady Van Tassel: Still alive? Ichabod Crane: Run, Katrina. Lady Van Tassel: Yes, do run, and jump, and skip!
I like to be comfortable. And I think men tend to dress more comfortably than ladies. They can just put on a pair of jeans and a sweatshirt, and I like doing that. Comfort first.
Queen Gorgo: Spartan! King Leonidas: Yes, my lady? Queen Gorgo: Come back with your shield, or on it. King Leonidas: Yes, my lady.
Every once in awhile I like to play dark ladies, crazy ladies, but most often I look for characters that are strong, intelligent, caring - usually earth women, because that's basically how I see myself.
Take a young woman for the pleasure of possessing her until she is old.
As the person who has health is young, so the person who owes nothing is rich.
When the affected lady is doing well she eats her peas with a pin.
No matter her past, when a chambermaid marries a lord she becomes a lady.
If the lady of the house breaks something it is an unfortunate accident; if the servant does, then it is a terrible disaster.
Nokes: [after breaking up fight] So you Hell's Kitchen's Boys get any lunch? Young Michael: I got to smell it. Nokes: [laughing] You got to smell it, that's good [boys start walking back to line] Nokes: , Hey, Hey, Hey, where you going? Young Michael...
Young Ed Bloom: I just saw the woman I'm going to marry. I know it. But I lost her. Amos Calloway: Oh, tough break. Well, most men have to get married *before* they lose their wives. Young Ed Bloom: I'm gonna spend every day for the rest of my life l...
Chirren is the most dangerous creatures on the earth, with the exception of young girls between the ages of fifteen and forty-two.
Despite everything, I believe people are really good at heart.
Work, love, courage and hope, Make me good and help me cope!
