Grainger Quotes & Sayings

The worth of my music will never be guessed or its value to mankind felt until the approach to it is consciously undertaken as a pilgrimage to sorrows. — Percy Grainger

I seem to play a lot of troubled kids. — Holliday Grainger

I spoke to friends that have panic attacks, and I spoke to a doctor who has panic attacks, himself. I also did a bit of research into them. It seemed like everyone's version of a panic attack had slightly different physical things. So, I decided to choose my own physical things. — Holliday Grainger

To be able to analyze plays and novels is so relevant to acting. — Holliday Grainger

I auditioned for a musical, and I can't sing. It was a kid's film musical, not a stage show, so I thought I could get away with it. — Holliday Grainger

I do not eat meat, I do not smoke, and I do not drink, and therefore, I do not feel the cold. — Percy Grainger

I'm developing a little crush on Michael Fassbender. Really unoriginal. — Holliday Grainger

I admire my mother for being a single mum. It's ridiculously hard. — Holliday Grainger

As much as I'd love to be a successful actor, the thought of being recognised in the street is petrifying. — Holliday Grainger

I come from a very loving, stable background where I've been persuaded to just be myself and anything is possible. — Holliday Grainger

I'd like to continue acting as long as I enjoy it. — Holliday Grainger

... but the thing about hearts, I've come to discover, is that, just like ankles and noses, they heal, even if you don't want them to or think they never will, they do. And someday you wake up and the pain is gone. — Jean Grainger

I was so tiny when my parents split up that I can't remember them ever being together. That was never an issue, as I guess I never went through the trauma of them splitting up. — Holliday Grainger

When you're a child, you take things for granted. For instance, my mum didn't have a lot of money, but I went to piano, ballet and gymnastics lessons, and tae kwon do. — Holliday Grainger

I love the opportunity to do lots of different kinds of projects - independent films and big studio epics as well. I'd love to be able to do a mixture. — Holliday Grainger

Long scenes of emotion are quite difficult - you've got to build up to them and make sure you're in the right emotional space. — Holliday Grainger

I'd love to do more independent films. — Holliday Grainger

I'm selfish when it comes to work. I'm like, "Oh, that will be fun! I wanna do that!" I never think beyond my participation in a project. — Holliday Grainger

I did a year at Leeds, studying English. They basically threw me out, because I was taking too much time off to act. So I transferred to the Open University, because I could do it all online. By that point, I had admitted to myself that I had the acting bug. — Holliday Grainger

I don't really have any strategy for my career. — Holliday Grainger

When I was younger, I was always being told I had a period face, but 'Bel Ami' was my first shot at it. — Holliday Grainger

Like anything, you've gotta find the humanity in the characters. — Holliday Grainger

I don't have any massive ambitions to be a movie star. — Holliday Grainger

The media was completely influential in the rise and fall of Bonnie and Clyde. — Holliday Grainger

I'm very lucky, as I've never ever felt any pressure from any producer to lose weight, whereas a lot of actresses have. — Holliday Grainger

Jack Thorne writes so well for messed-up teenage girls. — Holliday Grainger

'The Borgias' is quite good because it does stick quite steadfastly to historical fact, so a lot of people who are interested in the historical element will love watching it, but they were also a ridiculously dramatic family. — Holliday Grainger

All my life, I have been sickened by everything connected with meat-, fish-, and poultry eating. As a child, I saw apparently nice, kind people wring the necks of fowls, and I thought it foul; and I wondered if I could ever exert any influence to help bring such unworthiness to an end. — Percy Grainger

I'm so used to taping myself and sending it off and never hearing back. I started to believe that nobody actually ever sees my tapes, apart from my agent. — Holliday Grainger

Grainger looked exasperated. "Why don't you just come straight out and use the word aliens?
"Because we're the aliens here. — Michel Faber

True love, especially first love, can be so tumultuous and passionate that it feels like a violent journey. — Holliday Grainger

you only get one mother, and no matter what the relationship between you, you'll miss her when she's gone. You never really get over it, actually.' Her — Jean Grainger

I enjoy flitting around between hair colours. I find it fascinating when people think I'm naturally blonde, as I've only been blonde for about two seconds. People pay more attention to you as a blonde; it's also easier for people to assume you're a ditsy young actress. Of course, I am a ditsy young actress - well, maybe not ditsy. — Holliday Grainger

It's always really surreal, being on a film set, but inside a beautiful, massive scene. — Holliday Grainger

You'll always end up filling out a character. It might be with aspects of yourself. — Holliday Grainger

It's important to know the kind of character that you need to be building up to, throughout the series. — Holliday Grainger

I've got a massive actor girl crush on Carey Mulligan, so I'd love to be buddies with her. She just oozes this joyful, natural innocence and always brings a nice emotional depth to her character. — Holliday Grainger

Just like children, he and the greatwoman Grainger longed, and especially demanded even, that something should happen, or again Parkhearst would cry, "A reward, I must have a reward. A reward for life just as I have lived it. — James Purdy

people knocking on the door about the census. How a person is supposed — Peter Grainger