As an actor you get categorized by other people, but it's not like I arrange myself into comedy mode or serious mode. If it's good writing you just have to play it true - if it's funny, it's funny. But obviously you don't want it to be amusing if you're playing Hedda Gabler!
I haven't played Hedda Gabler yet, but maybe if I did I might find the funny bits. - Sophie Thompson
I haven't played Hedda Gabler yet, but maybe if I did I might find the funny bits.
- Sophie Thompson
Martin Sheen is my pinup! And Allison Janney, oh my God. They're brilliant actors. - Sophie Thompson
Martin Sheen is my pinup! And Allison Janney, oh my God. They're brilliant actors.
I took my children to see 'Son of Rambow,' about two boys who make a home movie with a video camera. When you have children, culturally you become in… - Sophie Thompson
I took my children to see 'Son of Rambow,' about two boys who make a home movie with a video camera. When you have children, culturally you become in…
Awards are always a pleasant surprise. They are the candy-floss parts of our job - a lovely added extra to attract people's attention. The bottom lin… - Sophie Thompson
Awards are always a pleasant surprise. They are the candy-floss parts of our job - a lovely added extra to attract people's attention. The bottom lin…
People say there's a book in everyone but I'm not sure there is. There might be a pamphlet in me. - Sophie Thompson
People say there's a book in everyone but I'm not sure there is. There might be a pamphlet in me.
I'm not a natural reader but there are books I'll read and read again. - Sophie Thompson
I'm not a natural reader but there are books I'll read and read again.
I am an opera virgin; I'd far prefer to see a musical such as 'Guys and Dolls. - Sophie Thompson
I am an opera virgin; I'd far prefer to see a musical such as 'Guys and Dolls.
I must confess that I'm not a great reader. At the moment I'm reading my son's 'Stig of the Dump' by Clive King and I've got a plant catalogue on the… - Sophie Thompson
I must confess that I'm not a great reader. At the moment I'm reading my son's 'Stig of the Dump' by Clive King and I've got a plant catalogue on the…
Wyndham's is a beautiful old theatre. The sensation on the stage isn't as different as you might think from the Royal Court. - Sophie Thompson
Wyndham's is a beautiful old theatre. The sensation on the stage isn't as different as you might think from the Royal Court.
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