The World Motivation
I get quite excited about things other people have worn. I went through a phase as a student when I wore a lot of 1940s tea dresses.
“I get quite excited about things other people have worn. I went through a phase as a student when I wore a lot of 1940s tea dresses.”
— Ashley Jensen · Dresses
I get quite excited about things other people have worn. I went through a phase as a student when I wore a lot of 1940s tea dresses.
I did a lot of theatre when I started out. It was the Lyceum, the Citz, the Tron and the Traverse. I came to London and did the Royal Court, the National, 'King Lear' at the Manchester Royal Exchange. I did little bits of comedy, like 'Rab C Nesbitt,' but I wasn't predominantly about comedy.
It means I wake up to sunshine every morning, and I can afford to drink better wine at night. But I haven't completely sold out to Hollywood.
I always felt slightly grubbier than most American people.
I love the dresses I wear, I think they are beautiful and until I think differently, I'll carry on.
I used to spend my nights oversewing dresses for a local dressmaker in order to pay for my school equipment.
I live in Paris, a city where you have a lot of stylish women, so I learned a lot by observing the women in the street. But my mother was always a big influence as well; she is always very feminine in high heels and perfectly cut dresses, with perfect makeup but never too much.
Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady.
At the end of the day and at the beginning of the day, I am a man who dresses up like a lady who is from outer space. Not everyone is going to get that. Not everyone is going to be on board with that.
I think because I did become a well-known face in my thirties and not in my twenties, I was pretty settled in my boots and I knew who I was. And I think there's a sort of Scottish thing, too, where you don't take yourself too seriously, and you don't get carried away with your own sense of self-importance.