But then I got a job selling coffee at the York Theatre, and when I met theatre people, something clicked. I felt comfortable with them; I felt like myself. I decided to go to drama school based just on that feeling. I had never done any acting.
I was very nervous about the accent. I was very nervous about being an American. - Janet Mcteer
I was very nervous about the accent. I was very nervous about being an American.
- Janet Mcteer
New Yorkers are either the nicest or the rudest. - Janet Mcteer
New Yorkers are either the nicest or the rudest.
I would often go on as myself, when I wasn't working. And the first time I went on as myself, two people came up and asked me what I was doing and wh… - Janet Mcteer
I would often go on as myself, when I wasn't working. And the first time I went on as myself, two people came up and asked me what I was doing and wh…
Put a Post-It note on your mirror that says: 'Someone has to succeed. There's no reason why it shouldn't be me.' Repeat before every audition. - Janet Mcteer
Put a Post-It note on your mirror that says: 'Someone has to succeed. There's no reason why it shouldn't be me.' Repeat before every audition.
You can't keep things secret in a film anymore. Once you realize the secret's out, you might as well go with it and not pretend that it's not there. - Janet Mcteer
You can't keep things secret in a film anymore. Once you realize the secret's out, you might as well go with it and not pretend that it's not there.
I just want people to focus on the performance. - Janet Mcteer
I just want people to focus on the performance.
I have very girly hands and I use them a lot when I talk in a way that I think is very feminine. - Janet Mcteer
I have very girly hands and I use them a lot when I talk in a way that I think is very feminine.
I have become a marketing tool and I feel very uncomfortable with that. There's no space for me to express myself. - Janet Mcteer
I have become a marketing tool and I feel very uncomfortable with that. There's no space for me to express myself.
When youre a young English person who wants to be an actress and you have dreams, you dream of being Vanessa Redgrave or Judi Dench. - Janet Mcteer
When youre a young English person who wants to be an actress and you have dreams, you dream of being Vanessa Redgrave or Judi Dench.
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