“I don't like doing what I've already done. But there's a lot of differ...” — Geraldine James Quote

“I don't like doing what I've already done. But there's a lot of different kinds of characters that I'd like to play. More comedy, more classical theatre, more European theatre, more movies. I'd love to play a character close to myself in a film... because then it's about revealing, rather than about putting on a character.”

“My parents were stuck in the idea of what a marriage should be, and they divorced. So I've tried to take the word 'should' out of my vocabulary.”

“When I left drama school I worked in children's theatre for six months, then went up to the Gateway to do my first ever rep job.”

“I've never played a police person before 'Black Work,' and certainly had never worn a uniform.”

“I have one daughter, but I always thought I'd have four.”

“One minute I'm on stage in London, the next Hollywood, swanning around with Daniel Craig in a golf buggy.”

“I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland. And when we moved to America, it was just the typical thing except I was really good at it; so was my brother.”

“When it comes to the real operational issues that govern our understanding of physical reality, ontological definitions of classical philosophers are, in my opinion, sterile.”

“Deutsche Grammophon really has a grasp of the classical repertoire.”

“That was my first love growing up - classical orchestral music, especially Impressionism.”

“I have three siblings. My sister makes music. My older brother is a classical conductor, and my younger brother is a mixing engineer.”

“Until I was around 12 or 13, I only listened to classical music, mostly Tchaikovsky. But around that age, I started listening to Iron Maiden, and that's when I purchased my first guitar, a pearl-white Westone.”