Olivia Colman Quotes

Acting is playing, and it is like being a big kid. Yeah, it's great. You get paid.
Actually, lots of women, when they're pregnant, feel like steel. They feel incredible.
After those first two BAFTAs, I didn't really get offered anything, which makes you think, 'Oh, no!' And, after I finished the second series of 'Broadchurch,' nothing came up for six months, which really is a long time, and I got a bit panicky.
As a child, I thought, 'Once I am a grown-up, there will be no more fear, no more worries,' and it turns out that's not true.
Dementia is such a terrifying thing for all of us, and we are particularly bad at coping with old people in this country.
Everybody laughs all the time, and some of the worst things that happen make you laugh 'cause it's a defense isn't it, I suppose.
Everything with me is pretty close to the surface, but having kids has completely ruined my emotional equilibrium.
For some reason, people imagine that dramatic things happen to people who don't look beautiful.
I always assumed I would leave drama school and do 'Lady Macbeth' and all sorts of serious things. It just didn't happen.
I always assumed I'd be a terribly patient mum but it turns out I'm not!
I am a bit sickie happy. I am prone to black clouds too, but... I am embarrassed about them. It's like: 'My diamond shoes are too tight. My money clip doesn't fit all my fifties.' I mean - really. Shut up.
I am a perfectly normal woman. If what we do is storytelling and represent people that we see all day and every day, well, we do not see supermodels all day and every day.
I am just an actor - all I do is I memorise someone else's words and tart around.
I can see why people keep having babies. We were looking at a school for my youngest this morning, and there were all these little boys and girls. So sweet. And then the teenagers walk past, and, my God, they're enormous, and I bet they don't kiss their mummies. I'm just going to force my children to remain lovely.
I can't bear kissing scenes.
I did a forward roll for the kids the other day, thinking it'd be a breeze like it was when I was six, and I had to lie flat for about 20 minutes afterwards - 'Leave mummy alone; she's feeling a bit dizzy.'
I do go into things thinking, 'Right. I'm going to enjoy this.'
I do sometimes wonder if people think, 'Oh we'll have her because she cries well.' The odd thing is I don't really know where it comes from. If the script is good, I find I can usually cry without too much trouble - in fact, the hard thing is trying to get me to stop. But I'm not really a crier in real life. I'm not a dramatic person, you see.
I don't have a process; I just feel it. My book on acting would be very short.
I don't like the bullying, do-one-over style of comedy. It's so cheap.
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