Penelope Keith Quotes

Older people, who just happen to have been around longer, may not be cleverer than the young, but they have seen more.

Young people don't want to sit at home and watch television; they'd sooner be out doing their own thing.

I don't believe in public humiliation. It went out with the stocks.

I think it is very sad that 'sitcom' has become a pejorative term.

We have this wonderful language and we don't appreciate it. That's old-fashioned me, but when I went to school, everyone had elocution lessons, not to sound posh but so you could be understood.

Shyness is just egotism out of its depth.

We always had chocolates and my mother was careful to make sure they were unwrapped in advance so the paper wouldn't rustle in the middle of a performance.

I plant a lot of trees. I am a great believer in planting things for future generations. I loathe the now culture where you just live for today.

I'm not against accents - my husband's from Lancashire and has a rural Lancs accent. We've just got back from Scotland yesterday, and I love that Highland burr.

A lot of people have it - that fantasy of being lord or lady of the manor, either in the present or at some time in history.

I don't feel 'vibes' when I enter a building - don't feel the previous owners looking down on me. But I do know when a place feels friendly.

I always used to say when I was on television that I prefer to be on stage and when on stage I prefer to do television. Typical human condition.

I think I'm a better actress for having friends and interests outside the theatre. I wouldn't want to live my life surrounded by other actors all the time.

I don't think actors ever retire, they just stop being asked to work.

In my book, all manners are is thinking of somebody else.