Diane Cilento ,quotes

I never used to sleep much. I...

I never used to sleep much. I think we all go through a bit of a time like that where we rage about. If we don't, I don't think you've ever really lived.

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It was a very odd household, ...

It was a very odd household, because the grandmothers were so different. Both of them had their own pianos. So it would be duelling pianos by grandmothers.

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I don't think in my family an...

I don't think in my family anyone looked after anyone. It didn't matter how old they were.

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Blank House was exactly a nic...

Blank House was exactly a nice empty sheet where nothing was accountable because you were so naughty that you were in Blank House.

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When I did Taming of the Shre...

When I did Taming of the Shrew, I was very tired, and I decided to have a holiday and make a documentary.

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If there was a distraction I'...

If there was a distraction I'd get up and jump out the window. I was quite out of hand. In schools like that I don't think they expect that girls are going to behave in such an outrageous fashion.

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The most surprising thing for...

The most surprising thing for my mother and father was when I was actually earning more money than them by the time I was about 18. They thought I was going to be the ne'er do well, who they'd have to keep worrying about.

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If you were in the film indus...

If you were in the film industry at that time, you were always picked up by directors who were much older. You were whisked about and shown things. I did work very hard though.

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I sort of was good at writing...

I sort of was good at writing essays. I was never very good at mathematics, and I was never very good at algebra. I loved science, but I wasn't sure of it.

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I learnt the theory of moveme...

I learnt the theory of movement, which I still teach sometimes. I was very, very ambitious to learn a skill.

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Any woman who marries an Ital...

Any woman who marries an Italian must accept the undeniable fact that she has also married his mother.

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The best part of learning any...

The best part of learning any profession, when you're really going through those huge stretching escalated times of learning and energy, is when you want to do it so much.

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I spoke French a bit, and I c...

I spoke French a bit, and I could speak a bit of this and that, and when you were taught those things by people who couldn't really do it, you can do some pretty wonderfully, imaginative horrific things to teachers.

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Very quickly, without really ...

Very quickly, without really looking back or trying, I was just suddenly lifted into another sphere.

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I had a quick ear and could p...

I had a quick ear and could pick up languages.

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I had a place in England and ...

I had a place in England and was commuting from England to Australia, which is pretty stupid, but after two years I sort of knew what I wanted to do, more or less.

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Both my parents were doctors,...

Both my parents were doctors, and my mother had her surgery in the house. There were six children.

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I was a hard worker, and I al...

I was a hard worker, and I always knew my lines.

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You never came home for lunch...

You never came home for lunch: you just stayed doing, playing, having fun, surfing, running round.

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If you've got a lot of childr...

If you've got a lot of children, I think you let the other children bring them up more and you just sort of step in and do stuff like every now and again.

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