Zoe Wanamaker Quotes

United Kingdom, Actress
May 13, 1949

Zoë Wanamaker CBE (born 13 May 1949) is an English actress. Wanamaker has worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. A nine-time Olivier Award nominee, she won for Once in a Lifetime (1979) and Electra (1998). She has also received four Tony Award nominations for her work on Broadway; for Piaf (1981), Loot (1986), Electra (1999), and Awake and Sing! (2006).

I don't want to be a director, or to have responsibility for hundreds of people.

Zoe Wanamaker
I'm constantly intimidated by Shakespeare's work. Trying to decipher what he's saying and holding on to that thought - not just as an actor, but as a human being - is a rigour.

Zoe Wanamaker
- Work
- Trying
- Thought

I have lots of passions - gardens, art, music and reading. I have eclectic taste and read a huge variety of books.

Zoe Wanamaker
- Music
- Art
- Reading
I don't have the confidence to be a personality.

Zoe Wanamaker
- Confidence
- Personality
I absolutely hate clothes shopping, though I love clothes. It's my idea of heaven to be handed things to wear.

Zoe Wanamaker
- Love
- Hate
- Heaven
Shakespeare showed me that once I understand the rules, I can break them.

Zoe Wanamaker
- Understand
- Rules
- Break
My mother was adorable, a great giggler. My father was very strong and could be quite frightening.

Zoe Wanamaker
- Great
- Mother
- Father
I don't have any regrets about not having had children. What's the point? It's just something else to beat yourself up over.

Zoe Wanamaker
- Up
- Children
- Yourself

My father's death from prostate cancer in 1993 was tragic. He never complained about pain. He was a fighter. By the time he was ready to die he wasn't able to die in the way that he wanted to, which seemed an outrage to me.

Zoe Wanamaker
- Time
- Father
- Death
Shakespeare's taught me that there are more words in the English language than I have got in my head.

Zoe Wanamaker
- Words
- Me
- English
'As You Like It' was the first Shakespeare production I ever did.

Zoe Wanamaker
- You
- Like
- First