I am drawn to characters that go on journeys, characters that are real people, that have life.

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• Penelope Wilton:

  In my life, I've had estates in Russia, houses in Spain, in Norway, in the deep south of America.

• Penelope Wilton:

  I don't tell everyone my life history because if everyone knows your inside-leg measurement, how ca

• Penelope Wilton:

  Acting attracts shy people and show-offs.

• Penelope Wilton:

  It's true, I've become one of those grumpy older women.

• Penelope Wilton:

  I don't really care any longer what other people think.

• Penelope Wilton:

  I can't understand why people so readily put themselves up to be humiliated.

• Penelope Wilton:

  You need to keep on doing things you have never done before in your career. You have to have a go.

• Scilla Elworthy:

  This question: 'How do I deal with a bully without becoming a thug in return?' has been with me eve

• Scilla Elworthy:

  Nelson Mandela went to jail believing in violence, and 27 years later he and his colleagues had slo

• Scilla Elworthy:

  I have a little mantra: 'My fear grows fat on the energy I feed it. And if it grows very big, it pr