It seems that when you get to a certain age you almost give yourself permission to misbehave and say what you think. People allow it, with very old people. – Julie Walters
Oh all the time when Victoria Wood and I did our series. There were people asking Can women be funny? People still ask that. Its like asking: Can women breathe in and out? – Julie Walters
I never wanted to become an actress because Id read great literature or seen great Shakespeare. It was more just wanting to understand what the people were really like, why they said all the strange things they did. – Julie Walters
It wasnt being an alcoholic – it was going wild. It happened when I got famous. It was like having my teens in my early thirties: blotting out your life, not having to think about anything. – Julie Walters
I am firmly of the opinion that women who make a lot of effort to hang onto their looks in middle age (unless they are beauties, entertainers or prostitutes) are rather sad, as one should surely have something more substantial to recommend one by this time, such as kindness or cleverness. – Julie Burchill