Top 63 Quotes & Sayings by Anita Dobson
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Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Every morning, I have a coffee to wake up my system, but I don't think you should eat just because it's a meal time, so I often won't have breakfast until late morning.
When I was a kid, I used to watch all those Sunday afternoon matinees featuring all the Hollywood greats.
I knew of Queen, and I knew of Freddie, but I didn't know who the rest of the band were. I became friends with Freddie first; then I got to know the others.
I thought that's where I would go: I would become a Shakespearian actor.
The reason I wanted to do 'Strictly' in the end is that you come out of it having learned something.
I have loved being a step-mum to Brian's children. We have a great relationship, and it's lovely to spend time with the grandchildren.
I went from being a jobbing actress who was just earning a living to being the second most photographed woman in Britain, next to Princess Diana - but it was exciting, too, and I wouldn't have swapped it for a second.
If I had to live on a desert island, and somebody gave me a chicken, there's no way I'd kill it - I'd call it Henry and make it my friend.
I don't love the fact that gravity is winning as I get older, but there's also a calmness that comes with it, which I'm secretly enjoying.
It's important to me to keep testing myself in life so that I don't get pigeonholed.
Usually, I'm asleep by midnight.
We learn by misfortune.
I'm a great believer that you should always tell people they are wonderful, as we're all insecure at heart, especially in our industry.
You don't get everything in life. You make decisions and have to live by them. If you make the right decisions, at the time you have no regrets.
I think if you make a decision to leave a job, a home, a relationship, then you've usually got a pretty major reason to do so, and you should probably stick with that.
I'm very protective of friends and family.
People were following me home in cars, singing outside my window at my flat. I couldn't go to pubs or supermarkets or walk down the street. It was bizarre, but that was my life.
I was always slightly afraid of marriage because I didn't like the idea of being tied down. Even when I met Brian, when I was in my mid-thirties, I didn't actually see it on the cards for us. He was a huge rock star, and our lives were very different.
Even people who aren't pleasant to deal with - it's often because they're unhappy, and something's still not resolved for them.
To make a marriage work, you have to want to. If you want to stay with that person, you will. It's simple.
Wonderful things happened to me - I met my husband, I got invited to previews and premieres, I was asked to do fashion shoots and front covers of magazines. You've just got to embrace it and do the best you can.
I can do glamour, but I can also play something like I did in the play 'Wild Justice,' where I was demented with grief and anger, and there was snot coming out of my nose, and my clothes were all over the place.
I was brought up in the East End, and if a man was inappropriate in a bar, you'd throw your drink over him.
I was appearing on 'Top of the Pops' when I was in my mid-thirties or something. It was fantastic! But it was the weirdest thing, I'll admit. Was I me? Was I Angie Watts? Was I me as Angie? I didn't have a clue, but I was having enormous fun all the same.
People are innately curious.
Everything in life is a double-edged sword.
For me, to be on television and not be afraid of making a mistake is freeing.
I'd sue the bottom off my husband if he dared to put me in one of his films, and he knows that.
Brian and I have ups and downs like every marriage does. Although he's a legend, he's still, inside, an ordinary man, and I have got to remember that once we get inside the door, it's just us two.
I went into acting because I wanted to be seen being someone else, not me!
Something devastating can happen to you, and it can have positive consequences. By the same token, something fantastic can happen, and it can bring a lot of trouble. That's life.
People who are geniuses, once they get going, you really have to keep up.
I came from nothing.
I got extremely fit and slim on 'Strictly,' but I did find that, each week, a different part of my body hurt. It really makes you realise the hard work dancers have to put in and how fit they have to be.
I think you can do as much damage to yourself going to the gym and running as you do good. So my mission in life is just to keep myself 'good' - in good health, as fit as I can be, a little bit of stretching, and just think positive and enjoy life.
'Silver Street' was a very happy time for me.
In the days of 'EastEnders,' I couldn't go into a pub or supermarket, as people would recognise me and follow me home.
I'm up at the crack of dawn. If I'm filming, then I'll wake at 5 A.M. so that I can get on set and made up before the cameras start rolling.
I was invited to see Queen at Wembley - I think it was the last tour they did, and then afterwards, they had a huge party, which I was invited to - it was all thanks to EastEnders.
I am very glad I did 'EastEnders,' and I'm flattered that people still remember me in it.
I've been working in radio on and off for most of my career. There's a restfulness about it. It's more focused on the voice, so you don't have to worry about extraneous things like sound effects, as there's someone there to look after that.
Going to drama school was the start of my journey of discovery and getting to know myself.
Radio means you can play parts that aren't based on your looks or your age. It's a lot of fun. You can do tremendous things - play more diverse characters - that you wouldn't get to do in theatre or TV.
I love to chit-chat and used to be the first to arrive at a party and the last to leave.
I first got engaged when I was 19, but I just knew there was more of life out there for me. I called it off six weeks before the wedding. I felt terribly guilty because he was such a nice boy, and I was in love with him. But it was the wrong time.
I'm pretty fit. We've got a lot of stairs in our house, and I'm up and down them all the time. Plus, I don't smoke, and I'm vegetarian.
I think when I started out, when I was very young, I wanted to be an actor and do the great epic tragedies.
When I walked away from my role as Angie in 'Eastenders' all those years ago, it was a huge risk, but I always had this great desire to do so many things.
Whether the public like me or not, I am who I am.
There's no secret it's hard work. Even though Brian's the love of my life, and he's absolutely adorable, it's not easy, and we have to work at it. But because we love each other and keep working at it, it pays off.
I've got a great life - my friends, my marriage, my career, my health - and I'm on 'Strictly,' and I'm learning to dance.
If you're a good actor, you should be able to do soap, comedy, Shakespeare, musicals, pantomime, and something like 'Frozen.' Of course, you will be better at some things, but who says you can't do them all? The intent should always be to stretch yourself and broaden your horizons.
You turn down work you feel you've already done.
The last place you'll find me is the gym. It seems to me to be a waste of time - I could spend that time doing so many other things.
Once, I was followed by a car when I was driving. Every time I sped up, the car sped up, and when I slowed down, it slowed down. Eventually, I stopped, got out and screamed, 'What do you want?' He said, 'I just wanted to give you some flowers because I'm such a fan.' I felt awful. He was just being kind.
You can't stop getting older; you just have to keep going and laugh a lot.
'EastEnders' changed everything. I was a jobbing actress living in Stepney, and I was on the dole at one point. Then people started to send me scripts, which was always my dream.
I didn't have children because I was passionate about having my career.
To be playing Joan Crawford is as good as it gets.
You learn to accept losing someone, but you never get over it.
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