I was very nervous about the accent. I was very nervous about being an American.

- 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.

- Janet Mcteer

I just want people to focus on the performance.

- 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.

- 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…

- 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.

- Janet Mcteer

New Yorkers are either the nicest or the rudest.

- 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.

- Janet Mcteer

I have become a marketing tool and I feel very uncomfortable with that. There's no space for me to express myself.

- Janet Mcteer