Imelda Staunton Net Worth

Imelda Staunton's Quotes

• I go up for a job, someone else gets it, what can I do about that? That might be in another league to me, people being competitive. But it's not like running a race. I'm not against anyone. I think that's a much more American thing, that.
• We're all unique as actors. To yourself, you are unique, you have to think, "I'm me, I'm not going to bunch myself with other people". Agents and producers have to get you into a box, to accommodate their limited imaginations.
• [on working with Mike Leigh in Vera Drake (2004)] He's the nicest . . . because he works so hard, and I think he expects other people to work hard. And in my book, that's enough. We don't roll into rehearsal at 10:30 and have coffee. We start at 8:00 a.m., we finish at 8 o'clock at night. I mean, you don't want to dither around him. And I think that's fine. I think he's entitled to say what he wants and what he doesn't want. He knows a lot about it. He doesn't have to be nice if he doesn't want to, just to be charming.
• Well, my parents were working people. You just worked. I've always wanted a long career, not an instant one. I left RADA [Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts], I worked in rep for six years, then I came to London and came to the National Theatre. What's better than that? I don't know what's better than that. "Oh, but surely you wanted to be a big film star when you were 21?" No, because I would've been rubbish. Because I spent a lot of time in rep being OK, being very bad, and then being quite good. And I could practice my craft. You know, being exposed that early, to be brilliant in your first job, where do you go from there? It's given me time, which is a luxury.
• [on her view about abortion, something she's been asked a lot after her role in Vera Drake (2004)] I'm not Susan Sarandon. I don't want to bang a drum. I think I'm just going to say, "I'm pro-choice" and leave it at that.

Interesting Facts about Imelda Staunton

1. An only child, she attended La Sainte Union Convent, a convent school in the north of London.
2. She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1986 (1985 season) for Best Performance in a Supporting a Role for "A Chorus of Disapproval" and "The Corn is Green".
3. She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1991 (1990 season) for Best Actress in a Musical for "Into the Woods".
4. She was nominated for a 1997 Laurence Olivier Theatre Awards for Best Actress in a Musical of the 1996 season for her performance in "Guys and Dolls".
5. She was awarded the 1985 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in A Chorus of Disapproval and The Corn is Green.
6. Became an Associate Member of RADA.
7. Graduated from RADA.
8. She won the "Coppa Volpi" award for her performance in Vera Drake (2004) at the 2004 Venice Film Festvial. The movie "Vera Drake" also won the "Gold Lion" award for the best movie at the same event.
9. She said that her idols are Bette Davis, Vivien Leigh, and Maya Angelou.
10. Gave birth to her only child at age 37, a daughter, Bessie Carter, on October 25, 1993. Child's father is her husband, Jim Carter.
11. Her talent agent is the mother of Freddie Highmore.
12. One of 112 invitees to join AMPAS in 2005.
13. She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2006 Queen's New Year Honours List for her services to drama.
14. Turned down a recurring role in Desperate Housewives (2004).
15. Offered a role in Bewitched (2005).
16. At 14, she played Polly Peachum in a school production of the musical "The Beggar's Opera".
17. Has a beautiful singing voice, heard in the film Peter's Friends (1992).
18. Played an educational bureaucrat in two films in 2007: Freedom Writers (2007) and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007).
19. Appears with her husband Jim Carter in Cranford (2007).
20. Won the Olivier Award as Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in "Sweeney Todd" (2013).