I have been disappointed many times, but never defeated.

- Glenda Jackson

Acting is not about dressing up. Acting is about stripping bare. The whole essence of learning lines is to forget them so you can make them sound lik…

- Glenda Jackson

The good writer and the good actor are always searching for what is essential. It is a never-ending task because what is essential is always elusive …

- Glenda Jackson

The important thing in acting is to be able to laugh and cry. If I have to laugh, I think of my sex life. If I have to cry, I think of my sex life.

- Glenda Jackson

I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious.

- Glenda Jackson

If I'm too strong for some people that's their problem.

- Glenda Jackson

It's appalling that there have to be movements organized to give human beings the right to be human beings in the eyes of other human beings.

- Glenda Jackson

I can't actually see myself putting make-up on my face at the age of sixty, but I can see myself going on a camel train to Samarkand.

- Glenda Jackson

I have never believed you make your case stronger by bad-mouthing your opposition.

- Glenda Jackson