Glenda Jackson

Actress

1936-05-09

Books by Glenda Jackson

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Acting is not about dressing up. Acting is about stripping bare. The whole essence of learning lines is to forget them so you can make them sound like you thought of them that instant.
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Our job is to unleash the play. It's not just about your character or interaction with the other characters. There's an energy in all good plays which you have to find. And that is part and parcel of ensuring that an audience gets what it's about.
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The whole essence of learning lines is to forget them so you can make them sound like you thought of them that instant.
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If I have to cry, I think of my sex life. If I have to laugh, I think of my sex life.
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