I was not emotionally mature enough to accept any kind of success when I was young. I needed to go that long route.
Harriet WalterI do think that there are certain parts, if you are lucky enough to play them, that are bigger than you, and they stretch you. I don't think you become a bigger person, but you develop certain muscles you didn't have before.
Harriet WalterAs I have got older, I have become easier on myself. It's about realising things can't be perfect.
Harriet WalterI just like watching people who really are not self-conscious, who aren't aware, because I fear that one could become too self-conscious, too artful, as an actor. Sometimes if you look at somebody, you can extrapolate from their exterior what might be happening in their interior. I'm nosy.
Harriet Walter