#ay

Today's marijuana is also twice as strong as it was in the mid 80's. ↗

— John Walters

#mid #strong #today #twice

It seems that when you get to a certain age you almost give yourself permission to misbehave and say what you think. People allow it, with very old people. ↗

— Julie Walters

#allow #almost #certain #certain age #get

I always loved my mother, felt loved, but she was judgmental. Her father in Ireland didn't approve of women generally, and she took on his values. She believed her own mother was foolish. ↗

— Julie Walters

#approve #believed #father #felt #foolish

Jane Austen was an extraordinary woman; to actually be able to survive as a novelist in those days - unmarried - was just unheard of. ↗

— Julie Walters

#actually #austen #days #extraordinary #jane

Along the way I have been able to choose some themes which ask questions - not necessarily force a message on anyone, but at least invite the audience to question things: jury service, dignity in dying, Ireland - and not least because they force me to ask myself questions. Where do I stand? ↗

— Julie Walters

#along #anyone #ask #audience #because

Everyone comes up to me saying, 'Cooee, Julie! Hello!' as if I know them. Of course I don't bloody know them. Am I flummoxed by it? Sometimes. I think, 'Ooh, love, go easy.' For a time, I did feel this pressure that I had to be funny, but it passes. ↗

— Julie Walters

#bloody #comes #course #did #easy

The way I relax is I think, 'I haven't got anything coming up.' I like to know there are months ahead when I've got nothing. ↗

— Julie Walters

#anything #coming #got #haven #i

I remember Michael saying, 'Rich and famous? It's much better to be just rich'. I didn't quite get it to begin with. But he's right. You lose anonymity. I say to my family that you've no idea until you lose it how precious anonymity is. ↗

— Julie Walters

#begin #better #family #famous #get

I was always someone who lived in the future all the time, it was always the next thing - dreams of escape. ↗

— Julie Walters

#dreams #escape #future #i #lived

I'll tell you how it happened. The phone rang. Paul, my agent, goes, 'Would you like to play Meryl Streep's?' I said, 'Yeeees! I'll do it, whatever it is.' He said, 'It's Mamma Mia!.' I said, 'Oh no, which character? The fat friend? ↗

— Julie Walters

#character #fat #friend #goes #happened