A biography for Geraldine Jameshasn’t been written yet.
“I don't suffer depression because I don't worry about what's past. But anxiety is about the future and I do worry about that. I do fret a bit.”
“Because British actors hold Shakespeare in such great reverence, we tend to go for the word, which tends to make things very intellectual.”
“I'm cast for my acting, which is fortunate because when you're one of the pretty young things it can be difficult.”
“Cate Blanchett is extraordinary.”
“I only feel at home once I've shopped in a place.”
“It's very comfortable to work with somebody that you know well.”
“Shakespeare writes such wonderful parts for women, parts that work so well today. I think he really liked women.”
“Jo and I tried for a second baby, but it didn't happen. The doctors - silly idiots - didn't take the problem seriously and kept giving us contradictory advice: 'Drink more milk.' 'Don't drink any milk.'”
“Very early on there were the girls who were good at singing, at the arts, or mathematics or languages, and I wasn't good at anything. I didn't shine.”
“Us actresses, we all want to look like wonderful princesses and be sweet and lovely. And it's very difficult to walk out and risk 1,100 people hating you. But it's also infinitely more interesting.”
“If people say, 'Please don't tell anybody,' I say, 'I can't involve my husband in that. He has to know.' He's party to everything but he doesn't talk about things. So my discretion levels are fairly high.”
“I've never played a police person before 'Black Work,' and certainly had never worn a uniform.”
“I've done a few jobs where there's a daughter, there's often a father who's positive and then there's a quite negative mother. I'm very interested in why so many of those come up.”
“You do get the same people on telly an awful lot, which is sad because there are so many people out there who can do it.”
“I enjoy fringe theatre because you get a real sense of collaboration with the audience which you often don't get in the West End where, on occasions, one has been made uncomfortably aware of people dozing off.”
“I used to run quite a lot and then I stopped.”
“I do like children, but not if I'm on holiday and their screaming abdabs get in the way of what I'm doing.”
“I was brought up very traditionally to think the man should be the breadwinner. My concerns were all about fulfilling an image that has been dreamt up for you.”
“One minute I'm on stage in London, the next Hollywood, swanning around with Daniel Craig in a golf buggy.”
“I try to only do jobs I don't know how to do.”