English Film Actresses

"It’s been a very funny feeling because that’s where it all started for us as a couple."

"When I was offered this play I thought ‘No. Why would I want to do that?’ but my agent talked to me about it and suggested that perhaps this was my career coming full circle."

"So it was still a sentimental thing, but it felt like the right thing to do."

"I was quite well known in the ’60s and ’70s but then you get to that stage when you’re too old to play the maid and too young to play the housekeeper, and you become difficult to cast."

"But then Bad Girls came along and I thought, ‘ooh, I’ve entered the character acting stage’ and what a character it was."

"I’m a gay icon which is something I never thought would come to me."

"This is the first film I ever saw and afterwards I wanted to be Moira Shearer. *I wanted to be a ballet dancer."

"I went to stage school hoping to be a ballet dancer but I turned out to be an actress instead."

"I longed to look like Audrey Hepburn and I thought that it was a really romantic film."

"I’ve never been able to play parts like that because I have always been a character actress with comedy."

"But it kind of encouraged me to carry on."

"I’d never heard of Suffolk before my husband and I came to live here."

"I came from Oldham and lived in London."

"Because my husband won an Oscar for it and it will always be my special favourite film."

"Going to the ceremony and seeing his name read out and everything, it was very exciting."

"I thought it was so clever and it just shows you don’t have to have all those extra things they have in films today."

"You can make a simple, black and white film with no sound, and it still wins prizes, doesn’t it?"

"When I arrive at her new home in Eye.*I’ve been so busy that I haven’t had time to sort things out properly."

"I’ve been here for months but what with Calendar Girls and Corrie"

"I haven’t been home long enough to put things where I want them."

"Everything is still pretty much where the removal men left them."

"It’s crazy; life’s never been busier."

"They wanted to know what my five favourite films were."

"I was talking to this lovely person on the other end of the phone but he must have been very young because he didn’t seem to know anything I was talking about."

"This reporter on the other end hadn’t heard of it and was amazed I had chosen it."

"He asked me to explain when it was made and what it was about."

"There’s no reason, I suppose, why he should have heard of it."

"I had a Gypsy Rose Lee mother who was determined I was going on the stage."

"I was sent to stage school at a fairly young age."

"I was a little show-off and she was determined I was going to make it as a dancer and get away from Oldham, where I was born and brought up."

"I remember telling everyone that my name was Victoria because I hated the name Helen."

"It’s funny what you remembe"

"“I went through a period where I was just the boss’ daughter for a long time, yet my brother didn’t have that stigma of being just the boss’ son. And it pissed me off. That’s when I became more aware of what and how I was projecting things,”"

"And my competitive athlete background taught me to ask, ‘What is your win?’ So I started finding those small wins, even in the hard days,”"

"Our parents taught us about hard work and consistency. They showed up. They were driven, even in the hard years, the really good years and the completely average years,” she says. “They showed me that you dive in during the spring, you kick ass, then you get to enjoy your summers and winters. And take the time, get offsite, use your vacation days. I’m still not very good at that part.”"

"“My mom showed me how to generate trust with people and to have faith in your decisions. My father taught me how to lead a team and how to hold people accountable. With my mom's softer approach combined with my father's drive for results, I developed a hidden talent I didn't realize I had until the last year, which is building teams and creating loyalty in my employees,”"

"“I tackle hard things. And if it’s really hard, I just dig my feet in a little bit deeper so that I’m completely anchored. I’m not afraid to do hard things at all,”"

"“I have no problem with change. I disarm the emotional fear of it and other hard things, and I just keep moving. I think that's probably a lot of people's hardest moments – when they get stalled with indecision and fear. I read an incredible book earlier this year called The Gap and the Gain. And being an engineer's daughter, everything's a math equation. I just have to figure out the right variables to solve for X. And I approach all of life like that.”"

"“I’ve learned that failing forward is the best way to approach it. Failure doesn’t disarm me, it doesn’t scare me. I tell my employees that if you don’t fail forward, the universe will continue to bring you that lesson and it will get harder and harder every time. So when something bad happens, don’t ask, ‘Why did this happen to me?’ Ask, ‘Why is this happening for me?’”"

"“If something really hard comes in front of me, I ask myself, ‘Will this matter in a year? In five years? In 10 years? And if the answer is no to any of those questions, then I need to make sure I’m not giving it too much energy in that moment,”"

"“That has been a really hard lesson, though,” she says. “I had FOMO — fear of missing out. I wanted to be in all places and all things. But that’s not the case anymore. I know where I stand as a human. I know what I want to show up for, and I know how much currency I have in the tank to be able to accomplish things.”"

"“I recreated a bedroom scene – all the textiles, the bedspread, the pillows, etc. were made from shiny silver and black low-carbon steel. But Michigan is a lot like Savannah. Lots of humidity. The steel started to rust and fall apart.”"

"“I worked on walking away and taking a couple of hours to come back with a clear head. My brother is very good at this. I really started to practice that. And that huge miss became a huge win. And it's very unusual for me to get angry now. I can still hold people accountable, and we can walk away from a situation after a positive conversation where we all feel that we succeeded in being heard and solved the situation.”"

"They said, ‘You always bring me step five and you make me figure out one through four. If you could please include me so that I can be a part of all five steps.’ They were absolutely right. I was giving them directives without the right tools. I've really listened to those moments because if I'm managing one person like that, am I managing all people like that?”"

"I do not like the status quo. I am a person who holds space for everyone and I don’t make judgments,”"

"Our offerings as a supplier were very traditional. When we lost King’s Discount Store, it was an opportunity in disguise. We started to change our basket combinations and move away from that flat footprint into more container gardening with more perceived value on the baskets,”"

"“I think it was in 2018 at Cultivate where I challenged all of our brokers and suppliers saying, ‘I want to be two years ahead of the market. I want to try everything I can in Idaho before you release it.’ I want to be on point as soon as that new variety hits the market.”"

"“I was named CEO in September of 2022 and we’ve made some big shifts. We have gone from focusing on top-quality plants to becoming an employee-centric company. My best asset is people and I want to treat that asset the best way possible,”"

"Don’t be afraid to put the guy with 30 years of experience on the bench and let him consult a group of younger folks to lead a project and challenge the status quo,” she advises. “If you are going to get people interested in this industry, it can’t continue to look how it’s always looked. It’s okay if everybody’s skin color is different at a table. It’s okay if half of the people in the board room are covered in tattoos. It’s okay if someone came from the cannabis industry and is now growing lettuce in a vertical farm. We’ve got to be able to cross over into the next stage of this industry’s evolution.”"

"I went into a supplier’s booth and stood there, ignored, for about 20 minutes, despite having 12 workers in the booth,” she explains. “It was right when the show floor opened, and they weren’t busy. I now call it the khakis and polo club because that’s what every one of those guys were wearing. It’s the traditional footprint of so many in our industry, but I don’t participate. I’m tattooed. I’m young. I’m female. So was like, ‘Okay, here’s a bias.’ So now I'm very sensitive to the gender gap in our industry.”"