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I never had any acting heroes. I never really went to the theatre. ↗

— Julie Walters

#any #had #heroes #i #never

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'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

I'm massively talented, and very, very beautiful in person; the public don't really realise that. ↗

— Julie Walters

#i #massively #person #public #realise

I'm too young at 50. I'm not grown up yet. There's part of everybody like that. ↗

— Julie Walters

#grown #i #like #part #too

In order to be creative you have to be allowed to fail. ↗

— Julie Walters

#creative #fail #order #you

It's getting better but men still earn more and there are more jobs for them. Ageism is a big thing. Parts for women disappear as you get older. ↗

— Julie Walters

#better #big #big thing #disappear #earn

It's getting better generally, daily, especially in TV, for women in acting; and age and looks count less. As more women come into the business. Change of any sort takes a long time to happen. ↗

— Julie Walters

#age #any #better #business #change

It's very strong after the birth. It's extraordinary. You can't watch anything to do with kids being harmed. ↗

— Julie Walters

#anything #being #birth #extraordinary #harmed

Sixty felt like a big landmark. Not in a dreadful sense, but none of the other birthdays have bothered me. It's got labels on it - OAP, retirement - and I just wanted to take stock. I wanted to be in my greenhouse at home and at least give myself the opportunity of not working again. ↗

— Julie Walters

#big #birthdays #bothered #dreadful #felt