I'm a bit of a fraud, really, as I didn't study acting at a drama school. Celia Imrie More Quotes by Celia Imrie More Quotes From Celia Imrie A 'naughty pickle' is how I'd best describe myself. I think fun and laughter is the whole point of life. Celia Imrie naughty laughter fun I left school the day I turned 16, the earliest day I legally could. Determined to follow a life on stage, preferably with some dance connection, I applied for and won a place at the local drama school. I was on my way. Celia Imrie connections drama school While other girls swooned over The Beatles and the Rolling Stones, I worshipped Rudolf Nureyev and Isadora Duncan. Celia Imrie rolling girl stones If I ever married, I know I would dread the daily sound of the key in the door and the casual expectancy of 'Hello! I'm home! Celia Imrie keys home doors Single by choice, just not my choice. Celia Imrie exotic dating choices I've had to spend an awful lot of my life trying to pretend I'm not posh. Although once I open my mouth, I rather let things out the bag. Celia Imrie bags mouths trying I would do nearly anything for a laugh, to tell the truth. And I'm a particular favourite with young men with earrings. Celia Imrie telling-the-truth laughing men Anorexia taught me to love life and to realise that starving yourself to death is a bloody waste of time. It's awful and it hurts so many people around you. It's a terribly selfish thing to do. Celia Imrie love-life selfish hurt Some people love Sundays; I don't, particularly. I used to rather dread them when I was younger. I was brought up on Sunday roasts, which I've always loathed. If I didn't finish my meat, I had to sit with it for most of the afternoon. No wonder I'm a vegetarian now. Celia Imrie sunday meat people My mother Diana was a true-blue aristocrat, descended from William the Conqueror and listed in 'Burke's Peerage.' My father David, from a poor Scottish family, was a doctor. Celia Imrie doctors mother father Mummy always wanted the five children, and she knew she couldn't look after them all because she was this absolutely glorious woman who loved going to parties and going to the races, and she just didn't have time. Celia Imrie party race children I was never a pretty girl, so I wasn't the one to get the boy. I used to cast myself as a good sport. Sometimes I wonder if I do that too much with roles I play, because if I'm absolutely truthful, I quite like being the best friend, or the supporting role, and actually I ought to gear-change and make myself the leading role. Celia Imrie girl sports boys There are actresses who've had expensive work done and look great, so I'm not holier-than-thou about it. But it wouldn't be for me, perhaps because I've already been in hospital and wouldn't want to volunteer myself for it again. Celia Imrie volunteer actresses want I landed the role of Bravo 5, the only female fighter pilot in 'Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace.' I did my bit and fired my guns, but I haven't a notion of which side I was on or who I was firing the guns at. Celia Imrie gun stars war I know if I had the chance of going aboard the Titanic in those days, I would have gone - I know I would have. I adore going on the Queen Mary - I think it's the only way to travel from New York. Celia Imrie queens new-york thinking I have a horror of boring someone or, worse still, of someone boring me. I said to my mother when I was seven, 'But, Mums, if it was only my husband and me in the house together, what would we talk about?' I've never wanted to answer my own question, and doubt I'll bother now. Celia Imrie husband mother house I long for the day where we don't have to talk about our age as actresses. Celia Imrie actresses age long I watch people from the top of buses who don't know they're being watched. It's quite fascinating. Celia Imrie bus watches people Anyone who goes on the stage is a show-off, aren't they? Acting's weird. Celia Imrie stage acting goes-on I love Monet - I've nicknamed him King Blob. When you go up to the painting, it's a series of blobs - amazing. Celia Imrie monet painting kings
